AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX vs AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
We compared two laptop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX with 16 cores 2.5GHz and AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme with 8 cores 3.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX 's Advantages
Released 1 years late
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4.0)
Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 16MB)
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme 's Advantages
Integrated graphics card
Higher specification of memory (7500 vs 5200)
Higher base frequency (3.3GHz vs 2.5GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 5nm)
Lower TDP (30W vs 55W)
Score
General Parameters
Apr 2025
Release Date
Apr 2024
AMD
Manufacturer
Amd
Laptop
Type
Laptop
-
Instruction Set
x86-64
Dragon Range
Core Architecture
Zen 4 (Phoenix)
AMD Socket FL1
Socket
FP8
Radeon 610M
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 780M
Ryzen 9 (Zen 4 (Dragon Range))
Generation
Ryzen 7 (Zen 4 (Phoenix))
Package
13.14 billions
Transistor Count
25 billions
5 nm
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
55 W
Power Consumption
9-30 W
100°C
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
TSMC
Foundry
TSMC
2x71 mm²
Die Size
178 mm²
6 nm
I/O Process Size
-
122 mm²
I/O Die Size
-
CPU Performance
-
Performance Cores
8
-
Performance Core Threads
16
2.5 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.3 GHz
5.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.1 GHz
16
Total Core Count
8
32
Total Thread Count
16
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
24.0
Multiplier
33x
64 KB per core
L1 Cache
64 K per core
1 MB per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
64 MB shared
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
Yes
Unlocked Multiplier
No
1
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
DDR5-5200
Memory Types
DDR5-5600,LPDDR5x-7500
-
Max Memory Size
256 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
-
Max Memory Bandwidth
89.6 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
-
Integrated Graphics
true
-
GPU Base Frequency
800 MHz
-
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2700 MHz
-
Shader Units
768
-
Texture Units
48
-
Raster Operation Units
32
-
Execution Units
12
-
Power Consumption
15 W
-
Graphics Performance
4.15 TFLOPS
