AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
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AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 270. Specifications, performance, tests

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2025-04-23
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX

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AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
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2025-02-18
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AMD Ryzen 9 270

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AMD Ryzen 9 270

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX or AMD Ryzen 9 270? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX has a base frequency of 2.5 GHz. 16 / 32 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 55 W. Released in 2025-04-23.

AMD Ryzen 9 270 has a base frequency of 4 GHz. 8 / 16 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 45 W. Released in 2025-02-18.

Differences

  • More number of cores

    8 more cores

    16 left arrow 8
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 4% higher specified turbo frequency

    5.4 GHz left arrow 5.2 GHz
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  • Higher clock speed

    Around 60% better clock speed

    4 GHz left arrow 2.5 GHz
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    45 W left arrow 55 W

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
AMD Ryzen 9 270 AMD Ryzen 9 270
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Family
    Ryzen left arrow Ryzen
  • Form Factor
    Laptops / Desktops left arrow Laptops / Desktops
  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Mobile
  • Series
    Ryzen 8000 Series left arrow Ryzen 200 Series
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    2.5 GHz left arrow 4 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    16 left arrow 8
  • CPU Threads
    32 left arrow 16
  • Max. Boost Clock
    5.4 GHz left arrow 5.2 GHz
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU Frequency
    2200 MHz left arrow 2800 MHz
  • GPU name
    AMD Radeon 610M left arrow AMD Radeon 780M
  • Graphics Cores
    2 left arrow 12
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 9 270 and AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR5 left arrow DDR5 (FP8) / LPDDR5X (FP8) / DDR5 (FP7r2) / LPDDR5X (FP7)
  • PCIe
    PCIe 5.0 left arrow PCIe 4.0
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX and AMD Ryzen 9 270 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Configurable TDP
    55-75 W left arrow 35-54 W
  • Default TDP
    55 W left arrow 45 W
  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    100 °C left arrow 100 °C
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX and AMD Ryzen 9 270, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Codename
    Dragon Range left arrow Hawk Point
  • L2-Cache
    16 MB left arrow 8 MB
  • L3-Cache
    64 MB left arrow 16 MB
  • Release date
    2025-04-23 left arrow 2025-02-18
  • Socket
    FL1 left arrow FP8 / FP7 / FP7r2
  • Technology
    TSMC 5nm FinFET left arrow TSMC 4nm FinFET

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Shared tests with results for both models: 1

Blender Cycles

Each row uses one Blender version, operating system and compute backend.

Test and settingsAMD Ryzen 9 8945HX AMD Ryzen 9 270Result difference¹
Blender 5.1.1 / CPU / Windows 537.068313 samples/min Submissions: 5 228.970978 samples/min Submissions: 14 -57.4 %

¹ Difference of the second result relative to the first in that row. No percentage is calculated for different upscaling algorithms. This compares published results, not a universal performance index.

Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX

AMD Ryzen 9 270

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 32 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX 15398.592569 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 32 threads / windows
System RAM: 8 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Duration: 64.941 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

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