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AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX vs Intel Pentium Silver N6000

WINNER
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
64.7Inno Score
VS
Intel Pentium Silver N6000
31.2Inno Score
69.9Single-core22.9
76.1Multi-core20.9
40Efficiencyspec-based82.2
32.6iGPU22
75.4Platformspec-based24.4
13 spec wins — AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX1 spec wins — Intel Pentium Silver N6000

InnoReviews verdict

AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX wins this laptop processor face-off, 64.7 to 31.2, pulling ahead mainly in multi-core (+55) and single-core (+47). Intel Pentium Silver N6000 still makes sense if its price or standout specs fit your needs better.

Which would you pick?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX

  • Stronger single-core score: 70 vs 23
  • Stronger multi-core score: 76 vs 21
  • Stronger iGPU score: 33 vs 22
  • 1871% higher Cinebench R23 (multi): 34,100 vs 1,730
  • 1749% higher PassMark: 53,778 vs 2,908

Reasons to pick the Intel Pentium Silver N6000

  • 89% lower Base TDP: 6 W vs 55 W

General

General comparison: AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX versus Intel Pentium Silver N6000
SpecAMD Ryzen 9 7945HXIntel Pentium Silver N6000
Announced20232021
Process5 nm+50%10 nm
Base TDP55 W6 W+89%
Max TDP75 W—

Cores & Clocks

Cores & Clocks comparison: AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX versus Intel Pentium Silver N6000
SpecAMD Ryzen 9 7945HXIntel Pentium Silver N6000
Cores16+300%4
Performance cores160
Efficiency cores—4
Threads32+700%4
Base clock2.5 GHz+127%1.1 GHz
Boost clock5.4 GHz+64%3.3 GHz
L3 cache64 MB+1500%4 MB

Integrated GPU

Integrated GPU comparison: AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX versus Intel Pentium Silver N6000
SpecAMD Ryzen 9 7945HXIntel Pentium Silver N6000
iGPUAMD Radeon 610MIntel UHD Graphics (32 EU)
iGPU clock2,200 MHz850 MHz

Memory

Memory comparison: AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX versus Intel Pentium Silver N6000
SpecAMD Ryzen 9 7945HXIntel Pentium Silver N6000
Memory supportDDR5-5200DDR4-2933, LPDDR4x-2933
Max memory64 GB+300%16 GB

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX versus Intel Pentium Silver N6000
SpecAMD Ryzen 9 7945HXIntel Pentium Silver N6000
Geekbench 6 (single)2,900Top 24%—
Geekbench 6 (multi)17,200Top 17%—
Cinebench R23 (single)2,030+203%Top 21%669Bottom 4%
Cinebench R23 (multi)34,100+1871%Top 7%1,730Bottom 4%
PassMark53,778+1749%Top 7%2,908Bottom 3%
3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU)528+61%Bottom 20%329Bottom 6%

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