AMD Ryzen 9 8945H vs Samsung Exynos 7880

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AMD Ryzen 9 8945H CPU1 vs CPU2 Samsung Exynos 7880
AMD Ryzen 9 8945H Samsung Exynos 7880

CPU comparison

AMD Ryzen 9 8945H or Samsung Exynos 7880 - 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 9 8945H has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.20 GHz. Up to 256 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 9 8945H was released in Q1/2024.

The Samsung Exynos 7880 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The Samsung Exynos 7880 was released in Q1/2017.
AMD Ryzen 9 (40) Family Samsung Exynos (47)
AMD Ryzen 8040 (20) CPU group Samsung Exynos 7570/7870/7880 (4)
7 Generation 1
Hawk Point (Zen 4) Architecture Cortex-A53
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 9 8945H has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 9 8945H is 4.00 GHz (5.20 GHz) while the Samsung Exynos 7880 has 8 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Samsung Exynos 7880 is at 1.90 GHz.

AMD Ryzen 9 8945H Characteristic Samsung Exynos 7880
8 Cores 8
16 Threads 8
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
4.00 GHz Frequency 1.90 GHz
5.20 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

AMD Ryzen 9 8945H Characteristic Samsung Exynos 7880
AMD Ryzen™ AI AI hardware --
AMD Ryzen™ AI (XDNA) @ 16 TOPS AI specifications --
39 TOPS NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The AMD Ryzen 9 8945H or Samsung Exynos 7880 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 780M GPU ARM Mali-T830 MP3
0.80 GHz GPU frequency 0.60 GHz
2.80 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.60 GHz
3 GPU Generation Midgard 4
4 nm Technology 28nm
4 Max. displays 2
12 Compute units 3
768 Shader 48
Yes Hardware Raytracing No
AMD FSR Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version 11

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 780M GPU ARM Mali-T830 MP3
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP9 No
Decode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Ryzen 9 8945H can use up to 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 120.0 GB/s. The Samsung Exynos 7880 supports up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to --.

AMD Ryzen 9 8945H Characteristic Samsung Exynos 7880
DDR5-4800, DDR5-5600, LPDDR5-6400, LPDDR5X-7500 Memory LPDDR4-1600
256 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 0
120.0 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
Yes ECC No
8.00 MB L2 Cache 2.00 MB
16.00 MB L3 Cache --
4.0 PCIe version --
20 PCIe lanes --
39.4 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Ryzen 9 8945H is 45 W, while the Samsung Exynos 7880 has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD Ryzen 9 8945H Characteristic Samsung Exynos 7880
45 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
54 W TDP up --
35 W TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 9 8945H is manufactured in 4 nm and has 24.00 MB cache. The Samsung Exynos 7880 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.

AMD Ryzen 9 8945H Characteristic Samsung Exynos 7880
4 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 ISA extensions --
FP8 Socket --
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Android
Q1/2024 Release date Q1/2017
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 9 8945H (100%)
Samsung Exynos 7880 (7%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 9 8945H (100%)
Samsung Exynos 7880 (7%)

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 9 8945H AMD Ryzen 9 8945H
8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz
1974 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 7880 Samsung Exynos 7880
8C 8T @ 1.90 GHz
158 (8%)

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 9 8945H AMD Ryzen 9 8945H
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
11600 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 7880 Samsung Exynos 7880
8C 8T @ 1.90 GHz
976 (8%)

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 9 8945H AMD Ryzen 9 8945H
8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz
2617 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 7880 Samsung Exynos 7880
8C 8T @ 1.90 GHz
168 (6%)

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 9 8945H AMD Ryzen 9 8945H
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
12447 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 7880 Samsung Exynos 7880
8C 8T @ 1.90 GHz
840 (7%)

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 9 8945H AMD Ryzen 9 8945H
AMD Radeon 780M @ 2.80 GHz
4357 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 7880 Samsung Exynos 7880
ARM Mali-T830 MP3 @ 0.60 GHz
61 (1%)

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 9 8945H AMD Ryzen 9 8945H
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
30995 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 7880 Samsung Exynos 7880
8C 8T @ 1.90 GHz
1785 (6%)

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 9 8945H AMD Ryzen 9 8945H
8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz
106 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 7880 Samsung Exynos 7880
8C 8T @ 1.90 GHz
0 (0%)

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 9 8945H AMD Ryzen 9 8945H
8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz
975 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 7880 Samsung Exynos 7880
8C 8T @ 1.90 GHz
0 (0%)

AI performance (NPU)

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is given here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher.

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. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).
AMD Ryzen 9 8945H AMD Ryzen 9 8945H
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
16 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 7880 Samsung Exynos 7880
8C 8T @ 1.90 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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