AMD Ryzen 5 8500G vs AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX

Last updated: 2024-03-16

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Ryzen 5 8500G		AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
CPU comparison AMD Ryzen 5 8500G or AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD Ryzen 5 8500G has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.00 GHz. Up to 256 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 8500G was released in Q1/2024. The AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX has 16 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX was released in Q1/2023.

AMD Ryzen 5 (85)	Family	AMD Ryzen 9 (35)
AMD Ryzen 8000G (14)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen 7045 (6)
6	Generation	6
Phoenix (Zen 4)	Architecture	Dragon Range (Zen 4)
Desktop / Server	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Ryzen 5 8500G has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 12 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 5 8500G is 4.10 GHz (5.00 GHz) while the AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX has 16 CPU cores and 32 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX is at 2.50 GHz (5.40 GHz).
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
6	Cores	16
12	Threads	32
hybrid (big.LITTLE)	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	Yes
4.10 GHz (5.00 GHz) 2x Zen 4	A-Core	2.50 GHz (5.40 GHz) 16x Zen 4
3.20 GHz (3.70 GHz) 4x Zen 4c	B-Core	--
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The AMD Ryzen 5 8500G or AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
AMD Radeon 740M	GPU	AMD Radeon 610M
0.80 GHz	GPU frequency	0.40 GHz
2.80 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	2.20 GHz
10	GPU Generation	9
4 nm	Technology	6 nm
4	Max. displays	3
4	Compute units	2
256	Shader	128
Yes	Hardware Raytracing	Yes
AMD FSR	Frame Generation	No
32 GB	Max. GPU Memory	8 GB
12	DirectX Version	12

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
AMD Radeon 740M	GPU	AMD Radeon 610M
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec AV1	Decode
Decode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The AMD Ryzen 5 8500G can use up to 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 83.2 GB/s. The AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 83.2 GB/s.
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
DDR5-5200	Memory	DDR5-5200
256 GB	Max. Memory	128 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
83.2 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	83.2 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
6.00 MB	L2 Cache	16.00 MB
16.00 MB	L3 Cache	64.00 MB
4.0	PCIe version	5.0
14	PCIe lanes	28
27.6 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	110.3 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Ryzen 5 8500G is 65 W, while the AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX has a TDP of 55 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
65 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	55 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	75 W
45 W	TDP down	--
95 °C	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The AMD Ryzen 5 8500G is manufactured in 4 nm and has 22.00 MB cache. The AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX is manufactured in 5 nm and has a 80.00 MB cache.
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
4 nm	Technology	5 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
AM5 (LGA 1718)	Socket	FL1
AMD-V, SVM	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2024	Release date	Q1/2023
179 $	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 5 8500G (93%)

AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 5 8500G (49%)

AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD Ryzen 5 8500G 6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz	101 (89%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX 16C 32T @ 5.40 GHz	114 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD Ryzen 5 8500G 6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz	742 (44%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX 16C 32T @ 5.40 GHz	1669 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 5 8500G 6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz	1965 (92%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX 16C 32T @ 5.40 GHz	2130 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 5 8500G 6C 12T @ 4.45 GHz	8768 (45%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX 16C 32T @ 2.50 GHz	19472 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD Ryzen 5 8500G 6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz	2686 (97%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX 16C 32T @ 5.40 GHz	2774 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD Ryzen 5 8500G 6C 12T @ 4.45 GHz	11063 (68%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX 16C 32T @ 2.50 GHz	16214 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD Ryzen 5 8500G AMD Radeon 740M @ 2.80 GHz	1434 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX AMD Radeon 610M @ 2.20 GHz	443 (31%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD Ryzen 5 8500G 6C 12T @ 4.45 GHz	21862 (37%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX 16C 32T @ 2.50 GHz	58842 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 5 8500G 6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX 16C 32T @ 5.40 GHz	1955 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 5 8500G 6C 12T @ 4.45 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX 16C 32T @ 2.50 GHz	32788 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 5 8500G 6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX 16C 32T @ 5.40 GHz	758 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 5 8500G 6C 12T @ 4.45 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX 16C 32T @ 2.50 GHz	12914 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	AMD Ryzen 5 8500G 6C 12T @ 4.45 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX 16C 32T @ 2.50 GHz	94 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 5 8500G 6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX 16C 32T @ 5.40 GHz	312 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 5 8500G 6C 12T @ 4.45 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX 16C 32T @ 2.50 GHz	5597 (100%)

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.


	AMD Ryzen 5 8500G 4.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX 32,788 CB R23 MC @ 134 W	245 (100%)

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