Ultra 7 258V vs Ryzen 9 8945H

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 9 8945H
2023
8 cores / 16 threads, 45 Watt
18.93
+54.8%
Core Ultra 7 258V
2024
8 cores / 8 threads, 17 Watt
12.23

Ryzen 9 8945H outperforms Core Ultra 7 258V by an impressive 55% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 9 8945H and Core Ultra 7 258V processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking307631
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Hawk Point (Zen 4/4c, Ryzen 8040)no data
Power efficiency40.0968.56
Architecture codenameHawk Point-HS (Zen 4) (2023−2024)Lunar Lake (2024)
Release date6 December 2023 (1 year ago)24 September 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 8945H and Core Ultra 7 258V 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Performance-coresno data4
Low Power Efficient-coresno data4
Threads168
Base clock speed4 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed5.2 GHz4.8 GHz
Bus rateno data37 MHz
L1 cache512 KB192 KB (per core)
L2 cache8 MB2.5 MB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography4 nm3 nm
Die size178 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
64 bit support++

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 8945H and Core Ultra 7 258V 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 configurationno data1
SocketFP7/FP7r2/FP8FCBGA2833
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 8945H and Core Ultra 7 258V. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsRyzen AI, MMX, 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, SMEIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
TSX-+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
Deep Learning Boost-+
Supported AI Software Frameworks-OpenVINO™, WindowsML, DirectML, ONNX RT, WebNN

Security technologies

Ryzen 9 8945H and Core Ultra 7 258V technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 8945H and Core Ultra 7 258V are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 8945H and Core Ultra 7 258V. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR5
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon 780M ( - 2800 MHz)Intel Arc Graphics 140V
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.95 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 9 8945H and Core Ultra 7 258V integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 9 8945H and Core Ultra 7 258V integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz (HDMI 2.1 TMDS) 7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz (HDMI2.1 FRL)
Max resolution over eDPno data3840x2400 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 9 8945H and Core Ultra 7 258V integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.2
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 8945H and Core Ultra 7 258V.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data4
PCI supportno data5.0 and 4.0

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 8945H 18.93
+54.8%
Ultra 7 258V 12.23

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 8945H 30325
+54.8%
Ultra 7 258V 19589

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 8945H 7594
Ultra 7 258V 9982
+31.4%

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 8945H 46572
+27.7%
Ultra 7 258V 36479

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 8945H 15476
+44.7%
Ultra 7 258V 10693

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 8945H 29
+48.2%
Ultra 7 258V 20

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 8945H 2691
+69%
Ultra 7 258V 1593

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 8945H 284
+5.2%
Ultra 7 258V 270

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 8945H 3.28
Ultra 7 258V 3.36
+2.4%

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 8945H 15.1
+98.7%
Ultra 7 258V 7.6

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 8945H 7542
Ultra 7 258V 8536
+13.2%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 9 8945H 11980
+23.2%
Ultra 7 258V 9723

Blender(-)

Ryzen 9 8945H 182
Ultra 7 258V 374
+105%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 9 8945H 1994
+1.1%
Ultra 7 258V 1973

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 9 8945H 6664
+20%
Ultra 7 258V 5553

7-Zip

Ryzen 9 8945H 72851
+102%
Ultra 7 258V 36068

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 9 8945H 309
+14.5%
Ultra 7 258V 270

CrossMark Overall

Ryzen 9 8945H 1833
+9.7%
Ultra 7 258V 1670

WebXPRT 4 Overall

Ryzen 9 8945H 265
+0.4%
Ultra 7 258V 264

Blender v3.3 Classroom CPU(-)

Ryzen 9 8945H 293
Ultra 7 258V 565
+92.8%

Geekbench 6.3 Multi-Core

Ryzen 9 8945H 12662
+15.5%
Ultra 7 258V 10967

Geekbench 6.3 Single-Core

Ryzen 9 8945H 2692
Ultra 7 258V 2723
+1.2%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 18.93 12.23
Integrated graphics card 18.31 13.36
Recency 6 December 2023 24 September 2024
Threads 16 8
Chip lithography 4 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 17 Watt

Ryzen 9 8945H has a 54.8% higher aggregate performance score, 37.1% faster integrated GPU, and 100% more threads.

Ultra 7 258V, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 months, a 33.3% more advanced lithography process, and 164.7% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 9 8945H is our recommended choice as it beats the Core Ultra 7 258V in performance tests.


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