AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS vs AMD A6-4400M
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| AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS | AMD A6-4400M | |
CPU comparisonAMD Ryzen 9 8945HS or AMD A6-4400M - 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 8945HS 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 8945HS was released in Q1/2024. The AMD A6-4400M has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD A6-4400M was released in Q2/2012. |
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| AMD Ryzen 9 (40) | Family | AMD A (112) |
| AMD Ryzen 8040 (20) | CPU group | AMD A6-4000M (2) |
| 7 | Generation | 2 |
| Hawk Point (Zen 4) | Architecture | Trinity (Piledriver) |
| Mobile | Segment | Mobile |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS | Predecessor | -- |
| AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 | Successor | -- |
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CPU Cores and Base FrequencyThe AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS is 4.00 GHz (5.20 GHz) while the AMD A6-4400M has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD A6-4400M is at 2.70 GHz (3.20 GHz). |
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| AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS | Characteristic | AMD A6-4400M |
| 8 | Cores | 2 |
| 16 | Threads | 2 |
| normal | Core architecture | normal |
| Yes | Hyperthreading | No |
| No | Overclocking ? | No |
| 4.00 GHz | Frequency | 2.70 GHz |
| 5.20 GHz | Turbo Frequency (1 Core) | 3.20 GHz |
| -- | Turbo Frequency (All Cores) | 3.20 GHz |
NPU AI performanceThe 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. |
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| AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS | Characteristic | AMD A6-4400M |
| AMD Ryzen™ AI | AI hardware | -- |
| AMD Ryzen™ AI | AI specifications | -- |
| -- | NPU + CPU + iGPU | -- |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)The AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS or AMD A6-4400M 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. |
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| AMD Radeon 780M | GPU | AMD Radeon HD 7520G |
| 0.80 GHz | GPU frequency | 0.50 GHz |
| 2.80 GHz | GPU (Turbo) | 0.69 GHz |
| 3 | GPU Generation | 4 |
| 4 nm | Technology | 32 nm |
| 4 | Max. displays | 2 |
| 12 | Compute units | 3 |
| 768 | Shader | 192 |
| Yes | Hardware Raytracing | No |
| AMD FSR | Frame Generation | No |
| 32 GB | Max. GPU Memory | 1 GB |
| 12 | DirectX Version | 11 |
Hardware codec supportA 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. |
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| AMD Radeon 780M | GPU | AMD Radeon HD 7520G |
| Decode / Encode | Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec h264 | Decode |
| Decode | Codec VP9 | No |
| Decode | Codec VP8 | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec AV1 | No |
| Decode | Codec AVC | Decode |
| Decode | Codec VC-1 | Decode |
| Decode / Encode | Codec JPEG | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIeThe AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS can use up to 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 120.0 GB/s. The AMD A6-4400M supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 25.6 GB/s. |
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| AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS | Characteristic | AMD A6-4400M |
| DDR5-4800, DDR5-5600, LPDDR5-6400, LPDDR5X-7500 | Memory | DDR3-1600 |
| 256 GB | Max. Memory | |
| 2 (Dual Channel) | Memory channels | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| 120.0 GB/s | Max. Bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s |
| Yes | ECC | No |
| 8.00 MB | L2 Cache | -- |
| 16.00 MB | L3 Cache | 1.00 MB |
| 4.0 | PCIe version | -- |
| 20 | PCIe lanes | -- |
| 39.4 GB/s | PCIe Bandwidth | -- |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS is 45 W, while the AMD A6-4400M has a TDP of 35 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. |
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| AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS | Characteristic | AMD A6-4400M |
| 45 W | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | 35 W |
| -- | TDP (PL2) | -- |
| 54 W | TDP up | -- |
| 35 W | TDP down | -- |
| 100 °C | Tjunction max. | -- |
Technical detailsThe AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS is manufactured in 4 nm and has 24.00 MB cache. The AMD A6-4400M is manufactured in 32 nm and has a 1.00 MB cache. |
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| AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS | Characteristic | AMD A6-4400M |
| 4 nm | Technology | 32 nm |
| Monolithic | Chip design | Unknown |
| 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, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 |
| FP8 | Socket | FS1r2 |
| AMD-V, SVM | Virtualization | AMD-V |
| Yes | AES-NI | Yes |
| Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux | Operating systems | |
| Q1/2024 | Release date | Q2/2012 |
| -- | Release price | -- |
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Average performance in benchmarks
⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
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.
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AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz |
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AMD A6-4400M
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz |
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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.
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AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz |
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AMD A6-4400M
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz |
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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.
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AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
AMD Radeon 780M @ 2.80 GHz |
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AMD A6-4400M
AMD Radeon HD 7520G @ 0.69 GHz |
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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.
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AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz |
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AMD A6-4400M
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz |
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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.
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AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz |
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AMD A6-4400M
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz |
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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.
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AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz |
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AMD A6-4400M
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz |
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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.
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AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz |
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AMD A6-4400M
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz |
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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.
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AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz |
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AMD A6-4400M
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz |
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CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)
The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
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AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz |
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AMD A6-4400M
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz |
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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).
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).
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AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz |
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AMD A6-4400M
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Devices using this processor |
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| AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS | AMD A6-4400M |
| Unknown | Unknown |
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