Ryzen 9 7945HX vs Ryzen 9 7950X

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 9 7950X
2022
16 cores / 32 threads, 170 Watt
39.46
+14.6%
Ryzen 9 7945HX
2023
16 cores / 32 threads, 55 Watt
34.42

Ryzen 9 7950X outperforms Ryzen 9 7945HX by a moderate 15% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 9 7950X and Ryzen 9 7945HX processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking67111
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Power efficiency21.9759.23
Architecture codenameRaphael (Zen 4) (2022)Dragon Range-HX (Zen 4) (2023−2024)
Release date27 September 2022 (2 years ago)4 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 7950X and Ryzen 9 7945HX 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)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads3232
Base clock speed4.5 GHz2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed5.7 GHz5.4 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache64 MB (shared)64 MB (shared)
Chip lithography5 nmCCD = 5 nm, I/O = 6 nm
Die sizeCCD = 2x 70 sq. mm, I/O = 122 mm22x 71 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)47 °Cno data
Number of transistors13140 Million13,140 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier++

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 7950X and Ryzen 9 7945HX 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
SocketAM5FL1
Power consumption (TDP)170 Watt55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 7950X and Ryzen 9 7945HX. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsCCD = 5 nm, I/O = 6 nm, 0.650 - 1.475 VMMX, 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, SME
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++
Precision Boost 2++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 7950X and Ryzen 9 7945HX are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 7950X and Ryzen 9 7945HX. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-5200DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) (400 - 2200 MHz)AMD Radeon 610M (400 - 2200 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 7950X and Ryzen 9 7945HX.

PCIe version5.05.0
PCI Express lanes2428

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 7950X 39.46
+14.6%
Ryzen 9 7945HX 34.42

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 7950X 62681
+14.7%
Ryzen 9 7945HX 54668

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 7950X 2985
+9.1%
Ryzen 9 7945HX 2736

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 7950X 19448
+22.4%
Ryzen 9 7945HX 15895

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 7950X 8448
Ryzen 9 7945HX 8462
+0.2%

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 7950X 72098
+0.7%
Ryzen 9 7945HX 71611

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Ryzen 9 7950X 21064
+6.3%
Ryzen 9 7945HX 19820

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 7950X 1.96
+1.5%
Ryzen 9 7945HX 1.99

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 7950X 69
+11.5%
Ryzen 9 7945HX 62

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 7950X 5948
+7.7%
Ryzen 9 7945HX 5521

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 7950X 316
+2.4%
Ryzen 9 7945HX 308

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 7950X 3.7
+1.4%
Ryzen 9 7945HX 3.65

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 7950X 31.6
+14.1%
Ryzen 9 7945HX 27.7

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 7950X 15614
+7.4%
Ryzen 9 7945HX 14532

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 7950X 270
+14.8%
Ryzen 9 7945HX 236

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 7950X 381
+3.4%
Ryzen 9 7945HX 369

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 9 7950X 23897
+20.7%
Ryzen 9 7945HX 19802

Blender(-)

Ryzen 9 7950X 86
Ryzen 9 7945HX 94
+9.3%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 9 7950X 2226
+4.8%
Ryzen 9 7945HX 2124

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 9 7950X 8118
+10%
Ryzen 9 7945HX 7381

7-Zip

Ryzen 9 7950X 157038
+11.8%
Ryzen 9 7945HX 140471

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 9 7950X 375
+6.7%
Ryzen 9 7945HX 351

CrossMark Overall

Ryzen 9 7950X 2325
+13%
Ryzen 9 7945HX 2058

WebXPRT 4 Overall

Ryzen 9 7950X 303
+3.9%
Ryzen 9 7945HX 292

Blender v3.3 Classroom CPU(-)

Ryzen 9 7950X 134
Ryzen 9 7945HX 149
+11.2%

Geekbench 6.3 Multi-Core

Ryzen 9 7950X 19810
+18.2%
Ryzen 9 7945HX 16765

Geekbench 6.3 Single-Core

Ryzen 9 7950X 2972
+3.2%
Ryzen 9 7945HX 2880

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 39.46 34.42
Integrated graphics card 4.43 2.85
Recency 27 September 2022 4 January 2023
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 55 Watt

Ryzen 9 7950X has a 14.6% higher aggregate performance score, and 55.4% faster integrated GPU.

Ryzen 9 7945HX, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 months, and 209.1% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 9 7950X is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 9 7945HX in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 9 7950X is a desktop processor while Ryzen 9 7945HX is a notebook one.


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