AMD’s ‘Dragon Range’ 7945HX Goes Toe-to-Toe With Intel’s Best in Geekbench 5
A lot of what we’ve heard so far about AMD’s latest Dragon Range high-end mobile processor platform has been impressive. early benchmark again Complaints from AMD. and the Recent Geekbench 5 results The flagship 5.4 Ghz 16-core Ryzen 9 H7945HX seems to be solidifying the trend as it outperforms Intel’s Core i9-13980X in single-core tests while falling slightly behind in multi-core. Even much more power-hungry desktop processors like the 13900K and 7950X never performed so well, unless we looked at the multi-core results.
| geek bench 5 | single core | multicore |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX (best) | 2,127 | 19,403 |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX (average) | 2,060 | 18,684 |
| AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX | 1,632 | 9,889 |
| Intel Core i9-13980HX | 2,098 | 19,809 |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 2,267 | 25,916 |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X | 2,247 | 24,336 |
AMD’s latest is also a big leap from its predecessor, the eight-core Ryzen 6900HX, and nearly doubles in multi-core performance. stands out more than number one Geekbench ran better than if I averaged the results of the 6 results that were in the database when I wrote this (all from the same model Asus Zephyrus Duo 16). But even the average results are very close to the recent Geekbench results of the 13980HX, and surprisingly close to far more power-hungry desktop processors like Intel’s 13900K and AMD’s Ryzen 9 7950X. Of course, Geekbench isn’t the best benchmark to see how your CPU performs on time-consuming tasks.
It will also be interesting to see how much power the Ryzen 9 7945HX draws under load. AMD’s product page lists the chip with a configurable TDP of between 55 and 75 Watts. On the other hand, Intel’s Core i9-13980HX Listed as having a base power of 55W However, the maximum power consumption of the turbo is 157W.
In power and thermal constrained laptops, especially gaming laptops where the CPU and GPU are vying for a limited power budget, maximum performance is at a level “good enough” to satisfy the GPU. Sometimes less important than efficiency. We’ve also already seen that Intel’s 13950HX paired with his RTX 4090 at 1080p will likely contribute to the gaming bottleneck. MSI Titan GT77 HX.
So I’d love to see for myself how the best features AMD’s Dragon Range has to offer fare against similarly equipped Intel-based laptops. It’s again making big gains against Intel in the laptop space and seems to be closing in on the tie. If the company can offer enough CPUs to meet the demand, it will give gaming and workstation laptop makers another high-end option, which should bring prices down a bit. Given the high price of GPUs (and many others), we’re going to have a solid price pressure race wherever we can get them.
