AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX vs Intel Core i5 7300HQ
We compared two laptop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX with 16 cores 2.5GHz and Intel Core i5 7300HQ with 4 cores 2.5GHz . 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 8 years and 3 months late
Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 2400)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3.0)
Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 6MB)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)
Intel Core i5 7300HQ 's Advantages
Integrated graphics card
Lower TDP (45W vs 55W)
Score
General Parameters
Apr 2025
Release Date
Jan 2017
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Laptop
Type
Laptop
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Instruction Set
x86-64
Dragon Range
Core Architecture
Kaby Lake
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Processor Number
i5-7300HQ
AMD Socket FL1
Socket
BGA-1440
Radeon 610M
Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 630
Ryzen 9 (Zen 4 (Dragon Range))
Generation
-
Package
13.14 billions
Transistor Count
-
5 nm
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
55 W
Power Consumption
45 W
100°C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
TSMC
Foundry
-
2x71 mm²
Die Size
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6 nm
I/O Process Size
-
122 mm²
I/O Die Size
-
CPU Performance
-
Performance Cores
4
-
Performance Core Threads
4
2.5 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.5 GHz
5.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.5 GHz
16
Total Core Count
4
32
Total Thread Count
4
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
24.0
Multiplier
25x
64 KB per core
L1 Cache
64 K per core
1 MB per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
64 MB shared
L3 Cache
6 MB shared
Yes
Unlocked Multiplier
No
1
SMP
-
Memory Parameters
DDR5-5200
Memory Types
DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133, DDR3L-1600
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Max Memory Size
64 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
-
Max Memory Bandwidth
37.5 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
-
Integrated Graphics
true
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GPU Base Frequency
350 MHz
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GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1000 MHz
-
Shader Units
192
-
Texture Units
24
-
Raster Operation Units
3
-
Execution Units
24
-
Power Consumption
15 W
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Max Resolution
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
-
Graphics Performance
0.44 TFLOPS
Miscellaneous
5
PCIe Version
3.0
28
PCIe Lanes
16
-
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
