Ryzen 7 7730U vs Ryzen 9 7945HX

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 9 7945HX
2023
16 cores / 32 threads, 55 Watt
34.42
+195%
Ryzen 7 7730U
2023
8 cores / 16 threads, 15 Watt
11.65

Ryzen 9 7945HX outperforms Ryzen 7 7730U by a whopping 195% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 9 7945HX and Ryzen 7 7730U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking111671
Place by popularitynot in top-100100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Power efficiency59.2373.50
Architecture codenameDragon Range-HX (Zen 4) (2023−2024)Barcelo-U Refresh (2023)
Release date4 January 2023 (1 year ago)4 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 7945HX and Ryzen 7 7730U basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads3216
Base clock speed2.5 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed5.4 GHz4.5 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache64 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyCCD = 5 nm, I/O = 6 nm7 nm
Die size2x 71 mm2180 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C95 °C
Number of transistors13,140 million10,700 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 7945HX and Ryzen 7 7730U compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketFL1FP6
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 7945HX and Ryzen 7 7730U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++
Precision Boost 2++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 7945HX and Ryzen 7 7730U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 7945HX and Ryzen 7 7730U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon 610M (400 - 2200 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 2000 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 7945HX and Ryzen 7 7730U.

PCIe version5.03.0
PCI Express lanes2816

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 9 7945HX 34.42
+195%
Ryzen 7 7730U 11.65

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Ryzen 9 7945HX 54668
+195%
Ryzen 7 7730U 18512

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Ryzen 9 7945HX 2736
+66.5%
Ryzen 7 7730U 1643

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Ryzen 9 7945HX 15895
+150%
Ryzen 7 7730U 6352

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Ryzen 9 7945HX 8462
+35.5%
Ryzen 7 7730U 6243

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Ryzen 9 7945HX 71611
+119%
Ryzen 7 7730U 32670

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Ryzen 9 7945HX 1.99
+120%
Ryzen 7 7730U 4.37

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Ryzen 9 7945HX 62
+223%
Ryzen 7 7730U 19

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Ryzen 9 7945HX 5521
+202%
Ryzen 7 7730U 1830

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 9 7945HX 308
+33.3%
Ryzen 7 7730U 231

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 9 7945HX 3.65
+32.2%
Ryzen 7 7730U 2.76

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Ryzen 9 7945HX 27.7
+174%
Ryzen 7 7730U 10.1

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Ryzen 9 7945HX 14532
+147%
Ryzen 7 7730U 5881

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Ryzen 9 7945HX 236
+159%
Ryzen 7 7730U 91

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Ryzen 9 7945HX 369
+56.1%
Ryzen 7 7730U 236

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 9 7945HX 19802
+161%
Ryzen 7 7730U 7573

Blender(-)

Ryzen 9 7945HX 94
Ryzen 7 7730U 296
+215%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 9 7945HX 2124
+43.6%
Ryzen 7 7730U 1480

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 9 7945HX 7381
+37.8%
Ryzen 7 7730U 5356

7-Zip

Ryzen 9 7945HX 140471
+184%
Ryzen 7 7730U 49425

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 9 7945HX 351
+33.5%
Ryzen 7 7730U 263

CrossMark Overall

Ryzen 9 7945HX 2058
+55.8%
Ryzen 7 7730U 1321

WebXPRT 4 Overall

Ryzen 9 7945HX 292
+38.5%
Ryzen 7 7730U 211

Blender v3.3 Classroom CPU(-)

Ryzen 9 7945HX 149
Ryzen 7 7730U 500
+235%

Geekbench 6.3 Multi-Core

Ryzen 9 7945HX 16765
+139%
Ryzen 7 7730U 7013

Geekbench 6.3 Single-Core

Ryzen 9 7945HX 2880
+46.9%
Ryzen 7 7730U 1960

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 34.42 11.65
Integrated graphics card 2.85 9.05
Physical cores 16 8
Threads 32 16
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 9 7945HX has a 195.5% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Ryzen 7 7730U, on the other hand, has 217.5% faster integrated GPU, and 266.7% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 9 7945HX is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 7 7730U in performance tests.


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