AMD has revealed its Ryzen 8000 series processors designed specifically for high-performance gaming laptops, headlined by the flagship Ryzen 9 8945HX. These new chips maintain the previous generation's Zen 4 architecture rather than adopting the newer Zen 5 design found in the recently launched Ryzen AI 300 series.
Balancing Power and Performance
The company is introducing four new mobile processors catering to different performance tiers. The top-tier Ryzen 9 8945HX delivers 16 cores, 32 threads, and reaches speeds up to 5.4GHz. Meanwhile, the more mainstream Ryzen 7 8745HX offers 8 cores, 16 threads with a 5.1GHz boost clock. These specifications closely mirror their predecessors, with the Ryzen 9 7945HX sharing identical core count and clock speeds while maintaining the same 80MB cache.
Optimized for High-End Gaming
These processors will power premium gaming laptops featuring top-tier discrete GPUs. During testing, Nvidia's RTX 5090 Mobile demonstrated some performance bottlenecks when paired with AMD's newer but lower-power Ryzen AI HX 370 (Zen 5 architecture). The Ryzen 9 8945HX's flexible power configuration between 55W-75W promises better performance scaling, though Zen 5 architecture would have offered greater efficiency.
Gaming laptops equipped with these new Ryzen processors should start appearing in the coming months. Below are the detailed specifications for the entire Ryzen 8000 lineup:
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX Specifications
- CPU Cores: 16
- Threads: 32
- Boost Clock: 5.4GHz
- Integrated GPU: AMD Radeon 610M
- GPU Cores: 2
- Configurable TDP: 55W – 75W
- Total Cache: 80MB
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX Specifications
- CPU Cores: 16
- Threads: 32
- Boost Clock: 5.3GHz
- Integrated GPU: AMD Radeon 610M
- GPU Cores: 2
- Configurable TDP: 55W – 75W
- Total Cache: 80MB
AMD Ryzen 7 8840HX Specifications
- CPU Cores: 12
- Threads: 24
- Boost Clock: 5.1GHz
- Integrated GPU: AMD Radeon 610M
- GPU Cores: 2
- Configurable TDP: 45W – 75W
- Total Cache: 76MB
AMD Ryzen 7 8745HX Specifications
- CPU Cores: 8
- Threads: 16
- Boost Clock: 5.1GHz
- Integrated GPU: AMD Radeon 610M
- GPU Cores: 2
- Configurable TDP: 45W – 75W
- Total Cache: 40MB
