The AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS “Hawk Point” flagship APU has surfaced for the second time on the Geekbench 6 database. While it could potentially be a rebrand of the existing Ryzen 7040 “Phoenix” family, there are notable enhancements in power management and the XDNA engine, contributing to a slightly improved performance.
The Ryzen 7040 APUs are already demonstrating robust performance against Intel Meteor Lake chips in leaked benchmarks, indicating that the Ryzen 8040 is likely to maintain a highly competitive position until the arrival of the true next-gen Strix Point APUs in the latter half of 2024.
The Latest AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS and Ryzen 5 8645HS
Breaking down the specifications, the AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS “100-000001319-50_Y” belongs to the AMD 8040 “Hawk Point” family, utilizing Zen 4 CPU, RDNA 3 GPU, and XDNA 1 NPU cores. The CPU is configured with 8 cores and 16 threads, featuring 16 MB of L3 cache, 8 MB of L2 cache, a base clock of 4.0 GHz, and a boost clock of 5.2 GHz. Additionally, it includes the Radeon 780M GPU based on the RDNA 3 core with 12 Compute Units and a boost clock of 2800 MHz. The chip has a TDP rating of 35-54W.
The AMD Ryzen 5 8645HS APU boasts 6 cores, 12 threads, 16 MB of L3 cache, and 6 MB of L2 cache. It operates at a base clock of 4.3 GHz, with a boost clock reaching 5.0 GHz, and features the Radeon 760M iGPU with 8 Compute Units and a lower clock speed of 2700 MHz.
Despite the absence of specific laptop or model details, the Ryzen 9 8945HS performed admirably, achieving its maximum clock of 5.2 GHz and utilizing 16 GB of DDR5-5600 MT/s speeds. In this configuration, it secured a commendable 2608 points in single-core and 12,683 points in multi-core tests, marking one of the highest single-core scores for a laptop Non-HX chip. The Ryzen 5 8645HS scored 2490 points in single-core and 10,627 points in multi-core, exhibiting a slight improvement over its predecessor, the Ryzen 5 7640HS, while maintaining similar specifications.
In terms of graphics performance, the GPU achieved 33,422 points in the Vulkan benchmark, mirroring the score of the Ryzen 9 7940HS, as both chips share the same AMD 780M iGPU with identical clocks and core count. AMD has confirmed the shipment of Ryzen 8040 “Hawk Point” APUs, and they are expected to be available in laptops by February 2024. Anticipate the unveiling of more devices and platforms at CES 2024, just a few weeks away.
