AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS The Ryzen 9 8945HS is a rebadged Ryzen 9 7940HS with higher clock speeds on the Ryzen AI NPU. To be more specific, this is a powerful Hawk Point family laptop chip that has eight Zen 4 cores running at 4.0 GHz to 5.2 GHz. This APU was brought to life in H2 2023 and all of its cores are SMT-enabled for a total of 16 processing threads.
The Radeon 780M serves as the integrated graphics adapter.
Architecture & Features
Hawk Point family chips are powered by the Zen 4 architecture, much like Phoenix and Dragon Range family chips are. That's not to say there is no difference between the three. With Hawk Point, AMD is betting big on generative AI; these chips are promised to deliver an up to 40% increase in generative AI performance over 7040 series APUs making apps like DaVinci Resolve and Adobe Photoshop even more powerful.
Unlike Zen 3, Zen 4 features AVX512 support and, thanks to a plethora of other improvements including larger caches/registers/buffers across the board, is slated to bring a double-digit IPC improvement over the former.
Elsewhere, the 8945HS has 16 MB of L3 cache and support for super-fast RAM (up to LPDDR5x-7500 or DDR5-5600; no ECC support). The processor is compatible with USB 4 and thus with Thunderbolt; PCIe support is limited to the 4.0 spec for a throughput of 1.97 GB/s per lane. 20 lanes are available.
OS support is limited to 64-bit editions of Windows 11 and Windows 10 and of course to Linux. Note that the chip isn't overclockable and neither is it user-replaceable as it gets soldered down for good (FP7, FP7r2, FP8 socket interfaces).
Performance
The 8945HS is an R9 7940HS in disguise, so it's realistic to expect the chip to be just slightly faster than the Core i9-12900HK and also the Ryzen 7 7840HS , as far as multi-thread performance is concerned.
Your mileage may vary depending on how high the CPU power limits are and how competent the cooling solution of your system is.
Graphics
The Radeon 780M has 12 CUs (768 shaders) running at up to 2,800 MHz. This is a very fast iGPU, as of late 2023. It will let you use up to 4 monitors with resolutions as high as SUHD 4320p, and it is also capable of HW-encoding and HW-decoding the most widely used video codecs including AVC, HEVC and AV1. More importantly, it is fast enough for proper 1080p gaming as long as one is fine with low to medium detail settings.
Your mileage may vary depending on how high the CPU power limits are, how competent the cooling solution of the system is, how fast the RAM of the system is (there is no dedicated VRAM here).
Power consumption
This Ryzen 9 series chip has a long-term power limit (default TDP) of 35 W to 54 W, giving laptop makers a choice between longer battery life and higher performance. Either way, an active cooling solution is a must for a system powered by this chip.
The 8945HS is built with TSMC's 4 nm process for high, as of late 2023, energy efficiency.
Codename Hawk Point-HS (Zen 4) Series AMD Hawk Point (Zen 4/4c) Series: Hawk Point (Zen 4/4c) Hawk Point-HS (Zen 4) Clock Rate 4000 - 5200 MHz Level 1 Cache 512 KB Level 2 Cache 8 MB Level 3 Cache 16 MB Number of Cores / Threads 8 / 16 Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power) 45 Watt Manufacturing Technology 4 nm Die Size 178 mm2 Max. Temperature 100 °C Socket FP7/FP7r2/FP8 Features DDR5-5600/LPDDR5x-7500 RAM, PCIe 4, Ryzen 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, SME GPU AMD Radeon 780M ( - 2800 MHz)NPU / AI 16 TOPS INT8 Chip AI 39 TOPS INT8 64 Bit 64 Bit support Architecture x86 Announcement Date 12/06/2023 Product Link (external) www.amd.com
Benchmarks Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU
Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Single Core
min: 98 avg: 104.9 median: 106.6 (53%) max: 109.2 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 40 W TDP 45 W TDP 54 W TDP 75 W 98% 93% 95% 100% 98%
Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Multi Core
min: 838 avg: 921 median: 943 (18%) max: 988 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 40 W TDP 45 W TDP 54 W TDP 75 W 96% 85% 87% 98% 100%
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 14816 avg: 16529 median: 16795 (16%) max: 17376 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 40 W TDP 45 W TDP 50 W TDP 54 W TDP 75 W 97% 85% 94% 95% 97% 100%
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1691 avg: 1787 median: 1805 (73%) max: 1825 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 40 W TDP 45 W TDP 50 W TDP 54 W TDP 75 W 100% 93% 100% 95% 100% 99%
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 652 avg: 694 median: 698 (76%) max: 711 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 40 W TDP 45 W TDP 50 W TDP 54 W TDP 75 W 100% 92% 99% 96% 100% 99%
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 5812 avg: 6476 median: 6591 (16%) max: 6785 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 40 W TDP 45 W TDP 50 W TDP 54 W TDP 75 W 98% 86% 94% 94% 98% 100%
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 2293 avg: 2614 median: 2640 (17%) max: 2775 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 40 W TDP 45 W TDP 50 W TDP 54 W TDP 75 W 95% 83% 93% 94% 97% 100%
0 140 280 420 560 700 840 980 1120 1260 1400 1540 1680 1820 1960 2100 2240 2380 2520 2660 Tooltip Alliwava GH8, R9 8945HS: Ø2241 (2154.59-2335.08)
Geekom AX8 Pro: Ø2223 (2100.4-2438.43)
GMK NucBox K11: Ø2606 (2573.17-2615.23)
MSI Katana A15 AI B8VG: Ø2571 (2495.48-2619.69)
Geekom A8, R9 8945HS: Ø2605 (2529.88-2677.73)
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 2024 GA403U: Ø2622 (2522.07-2659.04)
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 2024 GA403U: Ø2622 (2522.07-2659.04)
Minisforum EliteMini UM890 Pro: Ø2711 (2695.6-2739.73)
Razer Blade 14 RZ09-0508: Ø2758 (2712.05-2774.89)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 265 avg: 279.9 median: 281 (78%) max: 288 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 40 W TDP 45 W TDP 50 W TDP 54 W TDP 75 W 99% 94% 99% 93% 100% 98%
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 27.36 avg: 30.1 median: 30.9 (40%) max: 31.77 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 40 W TDP 45 W TDP 54 W 99% 86% 94% 100%
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 3.18 avg: 3.3 median: 3.4 (80%) max: 3.45 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 40 W TDP 45 W TDP 54 W 100% 92% 97% 99%
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 7291 avg: 7671 median: 7748 (47%) max: 7901 points
CPU TDP ? TDP 40 W TDP 45 W TDP 54 W 98% 92% 98% 100%
AMD Geode LX 800
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Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 42694 avg: 47603 median: 49273 (36%) max: 50153 points
CPU TDP ? TDP 40 W TDP 45 W TDP 54 W 98% 85% 96% 100%
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 78086 avg: 85490 median: 86865.5 (55%) max: 90144 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 40 W TDP 45 W TDP 54 W 100% 87% 93% 99%
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
min: 14037 avg: 14411 median: 14506 (18%) max: 14593 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 40 W TDP 45 W TDP 54 W 100% 96% 99% 100%
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
min: 67.933 avg: 102.3 median: 76.9 (1%) max: 196.4 s
CPU TDP ? TDP 40 W TDP 45 W TDP 54 W 101% 101% 100% 100%
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
min: 2.563 avg: 3.5 median: 2.7 (1%) max: 6.2 s
CPU TDP ? TDP 40 W TDP 45 W TDP 54 W 100% 100% 100% 100%
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
min: 7332 avg: 10126 median: 7744 (12%) max: 20374 points
CPU TDP ? TDP 40 W TDP 45 W TDP 54 W 56% 52% 100% 52%
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multi Thread 4 runs
min: 63882 avg: 70222 median: 71534 (41%) max: 73742 MIPS
CPU TDP ? TDP 40 W TDP 45 W TDP 50 W TDP 54 W TDP 75 W 98% 88% 95% 95% 99% 100%
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 5994 avg: 6440 median: 6505 (77%) max: 6691 MIPS
CPU TDP ? TDP 40 W TDP 45 W TDP 50 W TDP 54 W TDP 75 W 95% 94% 95% 98% 100% 98%
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 129.7 avg: 144.1 median: 145.9 (4%) max: 155 fps
CPU TDP ? TDP 40 W TDP 45 W TDP 54 W 97% 84% 91% 100%
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 258 avg: 288.3 median: 297.5 (8%) max: 300 fps
CPU TDP ? TDP 40 W TDP 45 W TDP 54 W 99% 86% 100% 99%
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 17.8 avg: 20.7 median: 20.9 (37%) max: 22.2 fps
CPU TDP ? TDP 40 W TDP 45 W TDP 50 W TDP 54 W TDP 75 W 95% 80% 94% 89% 96% 100%
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Tooltip Alliwava GH8, R9 8945HS: Ø18.2 (1.12-26.7)
MSI Katana A15 AI B8VG: Ø19.3 (0.69-23.8)
Geekom AX8 Pro: Ø21.2 (1.3-32.5)
GMK NucBox K11: Ø20.5 (0.8-26.4)
Geekom A8, R9 8945HS: Ø20.7 (0.69-25.7)
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 2024 GA403U: Ø20.7 (0.68-24.3)
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 2024 GA403U: Ø20.7 (0.68-24.3)
Minisforum EliteMini UM890 Pro: Ø22.2 (1.56-33.3)
Razer Blade 14 RZ09-0508: Ø21.6 (0.66-25.8)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 1.2 avg: 1.3 median: 1.3 (38%) max: 1.4 GB/s
CPU TDP ? TDP 40 W TDP 45 W TDP 54 W 100% 86% 93% 93%
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 1.8 avg: 2 median: 2 (34%) max: 2.1 GB/s
CPU TDP ? TDP 40 W TDP 45 W TDP 54 W 95% 86% 98% 100%
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
min: 13.2 avg: 14.6 median: 14.6 (38%) max: 15.4 GB/s
CPU TDP ? TDP 40 W TDP 45 W TDP 54 W 100% 86% 97% 95%
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
min: 293 avg: 315.9 median: 312 (4%) max: 357 Seconds
CPU TDP ? TDP 40 W TDP 45 W TDP 50 W TDP 54 W TDP 75 W 101% 100% 101% 100% 101% 101%
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 186 avg: 196.9 median: 193 (1%) max: 220 Seconds
CPU TDP ? TDP 40 W TDP 45 W TDP 50 W TDP 54 W TDP 75 W 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.4294 avg: 0.4 median: 0.4 (9%) max: 0.4798 sec
CPU TDP ? TDP 40 W TDP 45 W TDP 50 W TDP 54 W TDP 75 W 101% 100% 101% 101% 101% 101%
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 13316 avg: 15416 median: 15683 (33%) max: 16449 Points
VIA C7-M C7-M-1200
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Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 6.962 avg: 7.2 median: 7 (2%) max: 7.71 s
CPU TDP ? TDP 40 W TDP 45 W TDP 54 W 100% 100% 100% 100%
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 17.31 avg: 17.7 median: 17.5 (1%) max: 18.231 s
CPU TDP ? TDP 40 W TDP 45 W TDP 54 W 100% 100% 100% 100%
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 576.7 avg: 615 median: 624.7 (3%) max: 644.49 s
CPU TDP ? TDP 45 W 100% 100%
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 69373 avg: 80940 median: 83079 (64%) max: 88101 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 17239 avg: 21709 median: 22175 (55%) max: 25276 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 77135 avg: 85348 median: 84884 (69%) max: 92815 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 77209 avg: 85719 median: 85174 (69%) max: 93057 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 76863 avg: 87287 median: 86875 (70%) max: 94974 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 13624 avg: 19696 median: 20518 (52%) max: 21573 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 22990 avg: 27159 median: 27363 (49%) max: 30090 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 8883 avg: 10945 median: 11051 (47%) max: 11856 Points
Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 Single-Core
min: 2399 avg: 2636 median: 2641.5 (61%) max: 2745 points
Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 Multi-Core
min: 11516 avg: 13054 median: 13195 (51%) max: 13715 points
Geekbench 6.0 - Geekbench 6.0 Single-Core
min: 2427 avg: 2550 median: 2573 (82%) max: 2609 points
Geekbench 6.0 - Geekbench 6.0 Multi-Core
min: 10970 avg: 12450 median: 12715 (52%) max: 13088 points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1835 avg: 1942 median: 1965 (66%) max: 2039 points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 10887 avg: 11871 median: 11980 (21%) max: 12520 points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1785 avg: 1883 median: 1906.5 (8%) max: 1930 points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 10733 avg: 11999 median: 12249.5 (39%) max: 12573 points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 7817 avg: 8078 median: 8131 (81%) max: 8278 points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 43813 avg: 47750 median: 48593 (48%) max: 49654 points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 488 avg: 528 median: 509 (1%) max: 586 ms
CPU TDP ? TDP 40 W TDP 45 W TDP 50 W TDP 54 W TDP 75 W 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
min: 224 avg: 255.3 median: 263.5 (69%) max: 275 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 268 avg: 308.8 median: 312.5 (56%) max: 344 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 40 W TDP 45 W TDP 50 W TDP 54 W TDP 75 W 94% 82% 91% 80% 100% 96%
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 1575 avg: 1789 median: 1830 (64%) max: 1866 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 40 W TDP 45 W TDP 54 W TDP 75 W 100% 84% 97% 97% 98%
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 65.4 avg: 86.6 median: 83.8 (14%) max: 126.4 Watt
CPU TDP ? TDP 40 W TDP 45 W TDP 50 W TDP 54 W TDP 75 W 112% 113% 109% 110% 108% 100%
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 Tooltip Alliwava GH8, R9 8945HS: Ø65.4 (62.7-77.3)
Geekom A8, R9 8945HS: Ø72.5 (69.7-93.2)
Geekom AX8 Pro: Ø75.9 (72.6-96)
MSI Katana A15 AI B8VG: Ø80.8 (79.1-96)
GMK NucBox K11: Ø86.8 (85.3-88.4)
Minisforum EliteMini UM890 Pro: Ø91 (88.2-96.2)
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 2024 GA403U: Ø93.6 (90.7-94.9)
Razer Blade 14 RZ09-0508: Ø126.4 (122.7-145.3)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 59.8 avg: 85.1 median: 79.4 (14%) max: 130.5 Watt
CPU TDP ? TDP 40 W TDP 45 W TDP 54 W TDP 75 W 114% 117% 112% 111% 100%
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 Tooltip Alliwava GH8, R9 8945HS: Ø59.8 (53.4-63.2)
Geekom AX8 Pro: Ø70.3 (63.2-83)
Geekom A8, R9 8945HS: Ø73.7 (64.4-85.7)
GMK NucBox K11: Ø79.4 (78.3-80.3)
Minisforum EliteMini UM890 Pro: Ø88.8 (83.1-90.8)
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 2024 GA403U: Ø93.5 (92.8-94)
Razer Blade 14 RZ09-0508: Ø130.5 (118.9-140)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 4.93 avg: 11.9 median: 10 (7%) max: 21.6 Watt
CPU TDP ? TDP 40 W TDP 45 W TDP 50 W TDP 54 W TDP 75 W 113% 110% 108% 103% 109% 100%
0 5 10 15 20 25 Tooltip Geekom A8, R9 8945HS: Ø4.93 (3.89-6.83)
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 2024 GA403U: Ø6.34 (3.83-10.3)
Alliwava GH8, R9 8945HS: Ø8.94 (7.04-10.7)
GMK NucBox K11: Ø9.44 (6.59-11.3)
Minisforum EliteMini UM890 Pro: Ø10.6 (9.97-13.6)
Geekom AX8 Pro: Ø15.9 (14.3-19.4)
MSI Katana A15 AI B8VG: Ø17.1 (12.7-27.4)
Razer Blade 14 RZ09-0508: Ø21.6 (20-25.5)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 8.62 avg: 16.2 median: 17.6 (13%) max: 22.5 Watt
CPU TDP 45 W TDP 50 W TDP 75 W 112% 104% 100%
0 5 10 15 20 25 Tooltip Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 2024 GA403U: Ø8.62 (5.22-11.8)
MSI Katana A15 AI B8VG: Ø17.6 (13.2-22.7)
Razer Blade 14 RZ09-0508: Ø22.5 (21.4-25.4)
Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Cinebench R15 Multi external Monitor
min: 28.4 avg: 33.9 median: 35.8 (27%) max: 38.3 Points per Watt
CPU TDP ? TDP 40 W TDP 45 W TDP 54 W 93% 100% 84% 81%
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