Intel Core i7-7700 vs AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D

Last updated: 2024-01-23

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i7-7700		AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D
CPU comparison Intel Core i7-7700 or AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D - 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 Intel Core i7-7700 has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.20 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-7700 was released in Q1/2017. The AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D has 16 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D was released in Q3/2023.

Intel Core i7 (298)	Family	AMD Ryzen 9 (35)
Intel Core i 7000 (17)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen 7045 (6)
7	Generation	6
Kaby Lake S	Architecture	Dragon Range (Zen 4)
Desktop / Server	Segment	Mobile
Intel Core i7-6700	Predecessor	--
Intel Core i7-8700	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Core i7-7700 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.60 GHz (4.20 GHz). The AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D has 16 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.30 GHz (5.40 GHz).
Intel Core i7-7700	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D
4	Cores	16
8	Threads	32
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
3.60 GHz	Frequency	2.30 GHz
4.20 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	5.40 GHz
4.00 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	--

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.
Intel Core i7-7700	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
Intel HD Graphics 630	GPU	AMD Radeon 610M
0.35 GHz	GPU frequency	0.40 GHz
1.15 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	2.20 GHz
9.5	GPU Generation	9
14 nm	Technology	6 nm
3	Max. displays	3
24	Compute units	2
192	Shader	128
No	Hardware Raytracing	Yes
No	Frame Generation	No
64 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.
Intel HD Graphics 630	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 / Encode	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The Intel Core i7-7700 supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D can connect up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
Intel Core i7-7700	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D
DDR4-2400	Memory	DDR5-5200
64 GB	Max. Memory	64 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
38.4 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	83.2 GB/s
No	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	16.00 MB
8.00 MB	L3 Cache	128.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	5.0
16	PCIe lanes	28
15.8 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	110.3 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core i7-7700 has a TDP of 65 W, that of the AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D is 55 W.
Intel Core i7-7700	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D
65 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	55 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	75 W
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	89 °C
Technical details The Intel Core i7-7700 has a 8.00 MB cache, while the AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D cache has a total of 144.00 MB.
Intel Core i7-7700	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D
14 nm	Technology	5 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
LGA 1151	Socket	FL1
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2017	Release date	Q3/2023
310 $	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 5 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i7-7700 (54%)

AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 5 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i7-7700 (19%)

AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D (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.


	Intel Core i7-7700 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	1114 (58%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D 16C 32T @ 5.40 GHz	1931 (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.


	Intel Core i7-7700 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	5426 (16%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D 16C 32T @ 2.30 GHz	33450 (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.


	Intel Core i7-7700 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	1066 (50%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D 16C 32T @ 5.40 GHz	2138 (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.


	Intel Core i7-7700 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	4081 (21%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D 16C 32T @ 2.30 GHz	19880 (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.


	Intel Core i7-7700 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	1272 (46%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D 16C 32T @ 5.40 GHz	2783 (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.


	Intel Core i7-7700 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	4284 (27%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D 16C 32T @ 2.30 GHz	16080 (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.


	Intel Core i7-7700 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	414 (55%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D 16C 32T @ 5.40 GHz	747 (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.


	Intel Core i7-7700 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	2138 (16%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D 16C 32T @ 2.30 GHz	13036 (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.


	Intel Core i7-7700 Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 1.15 GHz	442 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D AMD Radeon 610M @ 2.20 GHz	443 (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.


	Intel Core i7-7700 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	186 (60%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D 16C 32T @ 5.40 GHz	310 (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.


	Intel Core i7-7700 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	901 (16%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D 16C 32T @ 2.30 GHz	5602 (100%)

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.


	Intel Core i7-7700 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	8647 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D 16C 32T @ 2.30 GHz	0 (0%)

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.


	Intel Core i7-7700 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	387.7 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D 16C 32T @ 2.30 GHz	0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-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.


	Intel Core i7-7700 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	435 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D 16C 32T @ 2.30 GHz	0 (0%)

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.


	Intel Core i7-7700 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	2266 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D 16C 32T @ 2.30 GHz	0 (0%)

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.


	Intel Core i7-7700 3.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D 33,450 CB R23 MC @ 104 W	322 (100%)

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Intel Core i7-7700	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D
Unknown	ASUS ROG Strix SCAR 17 X3D

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