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AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS vs AMD Ryzen 7 8745HS vs AMD Ryzen 7 260

AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS

► remove from comparison AMD R9 PRO 8945HS

The Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS is a powerful Hawk Point family processor (APU) released in April 2024. The R9 PRO 8945HS is identical to the "normal" R9 8945HS in virtually all respects; both come with 8 Zen 4 cores running at 4.0 GHz to 5.2 GHz (16 processing threads), a 16-TOPS Ryzen AI NPU (higher clock speeds) and the top-of-the-line Radeon 780M graphics adapter. Other key features include PCIe 4 and USB 4 support, LPDDR5x-7500 RAM support and 16 MB of L3 cache. Unlike the R9 8945HS however this PRO series chip has ECC memory support and the Secure Processor feature which in a nutshell is an ARM co-processor built into the main chip.

Architecture and Features

Hawk Point APUs are powered by the Zen 4 architecture, just like Dragon Range, Phoenix and Raphael processors are. With this product family, AMD is betting big on generative AI; these chips are said to deliver an up to 40% increase in generative AI performance over 7040 series APUs making apps like DaVinci Resolve and Adobe Photoshop more powerful than ever before.

Unlike Zen 3, Zen 4 features AVX512 support and, thanks to a plethora of other improvements including larger registers/buffers/caches (reportedly at the cost of some of them becoming slightly slower), is supposed to bring an IPC improvement of around 13%.

Elsewhere, the R9 PRO 8945HS has 16 MB of L3 cache and support for super-fast RAM (up to LPDDR5x-7500 or DDR5-5600 with ECC support optionally present depending on the socket). The processor is compatible with USB 4 and thus with Thunderbolt; PCIe support is limited to the 4.0 spec for a throughput of 1.97 GB/s per lane. 20 lanes are available.

OS support is limited to 64-bit editions of Windows 11 and Windows 10 and of course to Linux. Note that the chip isn't overclockable and neither is it user-replaceable as it gets soldered down for good (FP7, FP7r2, FP8 socket interfaces).

Performance

The 8945HS is an R9 7940HS in disguise, so it's realistic to expect the chip to be just slightly faster than the Core i9-12900HK and also the Ryzen 7 7840HS, as far as multi-thread performance is concerned.

Your mileage may vary depending on how high the CPU power limits are and how competent the cooling solution of your system is.

Graphics

The Radeon 780M has 12 CUs (768 shaders) running at up to 2,800 MHz. This is a very fast iGPU, as of late 2023. It will let you use up to 4 monitors with resolutions as high as SUHD 4320p, and it is also capable of HW-encoding and HW-decoding the most widely used video codecs including AVC, HEVC and AV1. More importantly, it is fast enough for proper 1080p gaming as long as one is fine with low to medium detail settings.

Your mileage may vary depending on how high the CPU power limits are, how competent the cooling solution of the system is, how fast the RAM of the system is (there is no dedicated VRAM here).

Power consumption

This Ryzen 9 series chip has a long-term power limit (default TDP) of 35 W to 54 W, giving laptop makers a choice between longer battery life and higher performance. Either way, an active cooling solution is a must for a system powered by this chip.

The 8945HS is built with TSMC's 4 nm process for high, as of late 2023, energy efficiency.

AMD Ryzen 7 8745HS

► remove from comparison Ryzen 7X4X/8X4X CPU

The Ryzen 7 8745HS is a China-only Hawk Point family chip that never received an official launch. Targeted at gaming and productivity laptops but widely used in mini-PCs, too, the 8745HS features 8 cores (16 threads thanks to SMT support) running at up to 4.9 GHz, along with the still fairly capable Radeon 780M iGPU. There is no NPU here.

As an APU meant for use within China, this Ryzen 7 should be fully compliant with the Chinese government-approved cryptography standards.

The only difference between the 8745HS and the 8745H is the slightly lower default wattage of the latter, potentially leading to slightly lower clock speeds.

Performance

We fully expect this Zen 4 architecture processor to be about as fast as the Ryzen 7 7745HX (8 Zen 4 cores, 3.6 GHz to 5.1 GHz) meaning its multi-thread performance is a little better than the Core Ultra 9 185H but a few percentage points behind the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370.

Architecture and Features

Unlike Zen 3, Zen 4 features AVX512 support along with other improvements, like larger caches/registers/buffers across the board. Elsewhere, the 8745HS has 16 MB of L3 cache and a fast RAM controller (up to LPDDR5x-7500 and up to DDR5-5600). There are 20 PCI-Express 4 lanes for connecting devices such as NVMe SSDs (1.97 GB/s per lane) and graphics cards; USB 4 / Thunderbolt support is onboard, too. Please note that the APU isn't overclockable and neither is it user-replaceable. It gets soldered on to the motherboard for good (FP7r2 or FP8 socket interfaces).

Graphics

The Radeon 780M (12 CUs / 768 shaders, up to 2,600 MHz) can drive 4 monitors simultaneously with resolutions as high as SUHD 4320p. It will also have little issue hardware-encoding and hardware-decoding the most widely used video codecs (AV1, AVC, HEVC). As far as gaming is concerned, many titles are still playable at 1080p as of early 2025 albeit with most settings dialed down do Lowest or Low.

Power consumption

This Ryzen 7 series chip has a long-term power limit (default TDP) of 35 W to 54 W, giving system makers a choice between improving battery life and making the system they're designing faster. Either way, an active cooling solution is a must for a laptop or a mini-PC built around this APU.

AMD Ryzen 7 260

► remove from comparison AMD R7 260

The Ryzen 7 260 is a fast Hawk Point family chip for laptops that was announced at CES 2025. It features 8 Zen 4 cores (16 threads thanks to SMT support) running at up to 5.1 GHz. The chip is identical to the old Ryzen 7 8845HS and therefore also the Ryzen 7 7840HS (which did have a lower clocked NPU).

Architecture and Features

Hawk Point family chips are powered by the Zen 4 architecture, much like Phoenix and Dragon Range family chips were. The 16 TOPS NPU present here isn't powerful enough for systems built around the 260 to be Copilot+ certified.

Elsewhere, the Ryzen 7 has 16 MB of L3 cache and a seriously fast RAM controller (up to LPDDR5x-7500 and up to DDR5-5600). PCI-Express speeds are capped at 1.97 GB/s per lane which corresponds to the 4.0 spec.

Please note that the APU isn't overclockable and neither is it user-replaceable. It gets soldered to the motherboard for good instead (FP8 socket interfaces).

Performance

Since the R7 260 is an 8845HS / 7840HS in disguise, it's safe to expect it to be just slightly faster than the Core i9-13900H and also the Ryzen 9 7940HS, as far as multi-thread performance is concerned.

Your mileage may vary depending on how high the CPU power limits are and how competent the cooling solution of your system is.

Graphics

The Radeon 780M (12 CUs / 768 shaders, up to 2,700 MHz) is capable of powering 4 monitors simultaneously with resolutions as high as SUHD 4320p. It will also have little issue hardware-encoding and hardware-decoding the most widely used video codecs (such as AV1, HEVC, AVC). As far as gaming is concerned, the thing will let you play most games at 1080p as long as you are fine with low of very low settings.

Your mileage may vary depending on how high the APU power limits are, how competent the cooling solution of your system is, how fast the RAM of your system is (there is no dedicated VRAM here).

Power consumption

This Ryzen 7 series chip has a long-term power limit (default TDP) of 35 W to 54 W, giving system makers a choice between improving battery life and making the system they're designing as powerful as possible. Either way, an active cooling solution is a must for a laptop or a mini-PC built around this Ryzen.

The R7 260 is built with a 4 nm TSMC process for high, as of late 2023, energy efficiency.

ModelAMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HSAMD Ryzen 7 8745HSAMD Ryzen 7 260
CodenameHawk Point-HS (Zen 4)Hawk Point-HS (Zen 4)Hawk Point-HS (Zen 4)
SeriesAMD Hawk Point (Zen 4/4c)AMD Hawk Point (Zen 4/4c)AMD Hawk Point (Zen 4/4c)
Series: Hawk Point (Zen 4/4c) Hawk Point-HS (Zen 4)
AMD Ryzen 9 2704 - 5.2 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 8945H4 - 5.2 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS4 - 5.2 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS « 4 - 5.2 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 2603.8 - 5.1 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS3.8 - 5.1 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 8745HS3.8 - 4.9 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS3.3 - 5.1 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS3.3 - 5.1 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 2404.3 - 5 GHz6 / 12 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 8645HS4.3 - 5 GHz6 / 12 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS3.5 - 4.9 GHz6 / 12 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 2704 - 5.2 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 8945H4 - 5.2 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS4 - 5.2 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS4 - 5.2 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 2603.8 - 5.1 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS3.8 - 5.1 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 8745HS « 3.8 - 4.9 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS3.3 - 5.1 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS3.3 - 5.1 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 2404.3 - 5 GHz6 / 12 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 8645HS4.3 - 5 GHz6 / 12 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS3.5 - 4.9 GHz6 / 12 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 2704 - 5.2 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 8945H4 - 5.2 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS4 - 5.2 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS4 - 5.2 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 260 « 3.8 - 5.1 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS3.8 - 5.1 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 8745HS3.8 - 4.9 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS3.3 - 5.1 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS3.3 - 5.1 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 2404.3 - 5 GHz6 / 12 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 8645HS4.3 - 5 GHz6 / 12 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS3.5 - 4.9 GHz6 / 12 cores16 MB L3
Clock4000 - 5200 MHz3800 - 4900 MHz3800 - 5100 MHz
L1 Cache512 KB512 KB
L2 Cache8 MB8 MB8 MB
L3 Cache16 MB16 MB16 MB
Cores / Threads8 / 16
8 x 5.2 GHz AMD Zen 4
8 / 16
8 x 4.9 GHz AMD Zen 4
8 / 16
8 x 5.1 GHz AMD Zen 4
TDP45 Watt35 Watt45 Watt
Technology4 nm4 nm4 nm
Die Size178 mm2178 mm2178 mm2
max. Temp.100 °C100 °C100 °C
SocketFP7/FP7r2FP7r2/FP8FP8
FeaturesDDR5-5600/LPDDR5x-7500 RAM, PCIe 4, Ryzen AI, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEDDR5-5600/LPDDR5x-7500 RAM, PCIe 4, USB 4, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4ADDR5-5600/LPDDR5x-7500 RAM, PCIe 4, USB 4, Ryzen AI (16 TOPS), MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
iGPUAMD Radeon 780M ( - 2800 MHz)AMD Radeon 780M ( - 2600 MHz)AMD Radeon 780M ( - 2700 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
Announced
Manufacturerwww.amd.comwww.amd.comwww.amd.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R7 8745HS
39.1 pt (65%)
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Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R7 260
40.1 pt (67%)
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Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Single Core
101 Points (57%)
103%
1 R7 260 +
104 Points (58%)
Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Multi Core
869 Points (16%)
90%
1 R7 260 +
786 Points (15%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
16236 Points (15%)
98%
1 R7 260 +
15864 Points (15%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
1701 Points (72%)
103%
1 R7 260 +
1760 Points (74%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
658 Points (72%)
105%
1 R7 260 +
690 Points (75%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
6351 Points (15%)
97%
1 R7 260 +
6161 Points (15%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
2578 Points (16%)
99%
1 R7 260 +
2564 Points (16%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
263 Points (73%)
106%
1 R7 260 +
278 Points (77%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
30.5 Points (40%)
99%
1 R7 260 +
30.1 Points (39%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
3.2 Points (76%)
104%
1 R7 260 +
3.3 Points (78%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
7299 Points (44%)
101%
1 R7 260 +
7384 Points (45%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
46569 Points (34%)
98%
1 R7 260 +
45689 Points (33%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
86842 Points (55%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
13867 Points (17%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
70.2 s (1%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
2.9 s (1%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
6655 Points (11%)
107%
1 R7 260 +
7121 Points (11%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multi Thread 4 runs
63912 MIPS (37%)
99%
1 R7 260 +
63076 MIPS (36%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
6334 MIPS (75%)
102%
1 R7 260 +
6439 MIPS (76%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
147.6 fps (49%)
98%
1 R7 260 +
144.6 fps (48%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
265.5 fps (61%)
101%
1 R7 260 +
269.1 fps (62%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
18.4 fps (32%)
96%
1 R7 260 +
17.6 fps (31%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
1.3 GB/s (38%)
100%
1 R7 260 +
1.3 GB/s (38%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
2 GB/s (34%)
105%
1 R7 260 +
2.1 GB/s (36%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
11 GB/s (29%)
104%
1 R7 260 +
11.4 GB/s (30%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
308 Seconds (4%)
96%
1 R7 260 +
322 Seconds (4%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
197 Seconds (1%)
97%
1 R7 260 +
204 Seconds (1%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
0.5 sec (10%)
106%
1 R7 260 +
0.4 sec (10%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 14260     avg: 14551     median: 14551 (31%)     max: 14842 Points
103%
1 R7 260 +
14995 Points (32%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
7.3 s (2%)
105%
1 R7 260 +
7 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
18.3 s (1%)
104%
1 R7 260 +
17.6 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
100%
1 R7 260 +
529 s (2%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 81786     avg: 82112     median: 82112 (63%)     max: 82438 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 18094     avg: 18440     median: 18440 (45%)     max: 18786 Points
96%
1 R7 260 +
17725 Points (44%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 80377     avg: 82709     median: 82709 (67%)     max: 85041 Points
102%
1 R7 260 +
84022 Points (68%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 80119     avg: 82359     median: 82358.5 (67%)     max: 84598 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
83423 Points (69%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 19399     avg: 19901     median: 19901 (50%)     max: 20403 Points
97%
1 R7 260 +
19375 Points (49%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 25815     avg: 26950     median: 26949.5 (48%)     max: 28084 Points
95%
1 R7 260 +
25641 Points (46%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 8644     avg: 10058     median: 10057.5 (42%)     max: 11471 Points
92%
1 R7 260 +
9216 Points (39%)
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 Single-Core
min: 2522     avg: 2536     median: 2536 (63%)     max: 2550 Points
103%
1 R7 260 +
2622 Points (65%)
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 Multi-Core
min: 9801     avg: 9879     median: 9878.5 (38%)     max: 9956 Points
103%
1 R7 260 +
10180 Points (40%)
Geekbench 6.0 - Geekbench 6.0 Single-Core
3105 Points (99%)
Geekbench 6.0 - Geekbench 6.0 Multi-Core
21003 Points (86%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1865     avg: 1870     median: 1870 (73%)     max: 1875 Points
104%
1 R7 260 +
1948 Points (76%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 9645     avg: 9755     median: 9754.5 (17%)     max: 9864 Points
101%
1 R7 260 +
9848 Points (18%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1761     avg: 1787     median: 1787 (8%)     max: 1813 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 9697     avg: 9756     median: 9756 (31%)     max: 9815 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 7430     avg: 7545     median: 7544.5 (75%)     max: 7659 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 40481     avg: 40487     median: 40487 (40%)     max: 40493 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 R7 260 +
7721 Points (94%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 R7 260 +
41046 Points (88%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
537 ms (1%)
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
251 Points (69%)
104%
1 R7 260 +
261 Points (72%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
290 Points (52%)
95%
1 R7 260 +
276 Points (50%)
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
1638 Points (61%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
92.5 Watt (16%)
135%
1 R7 260 +
68.3 Watt (12%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
101.4 Watt (19%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
7.4 Watt (5%)
183%
1 R7 260 +
4.1 Watt (3%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
100%
1 R7 260 +
4.4 Watt (5%)
Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Cinebench R15 Multi external Monitor
25.4 Points per Watt (19%)

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 7 8745HS → 0% n=0

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 7 260 → 0% n=0

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