AMD today announced the new Ryzen 9 7945HX3D processor at the China Joy event. This new chip brings 3D V-cache technology to gaming laptops, which improves power and efficiency when gaming or running demanding apps. It comes with a 200 MHz lower base clock, a total of 128 MB of L3 cache, and a 55 W+ TDP. The Asus Strix Scar 17 X3D launching later in August will be the first to feature the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D.
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D has been launched as part of the company’s 4 nm Ryzen Zen 4 “Dragon Range” lineup. The company says it is the world’s fastest mobile gaming processor, with over 15% faster performance than the AMD Ryzen 7945HX. The processor comes with a 16-core architecture with 32 threads. Its processing speed is rated to go up to 5.4GHz.
As mentioned, the new CPU also brings AMD’s 3D V-Cache technology to gaming laptops. For those who don’t know, this technology adds an additional cache directly onto the CPU die. If you’re planning on playing games, then 3D V-Cache technology can help improve your performance. AMD claims that the 7945HX3D outperforms the standard 7945HX by 11% at 70 watts and by 23% at 40 watts.
The CPU has a base clock of 2.3 GHz and boosts up to 5.4 GHz. The Ryzen 9 79450HX3D also features the Radeon 610M iGPU with 2 RDNA 2 compute units. The Ryzen 9 7945HX3D will power the upcoming ASUS ROG Strix Scar 17 X3D, which is slated to launch on August 22, 2023. The laptop should bring 32 GB DDR5 RAM, 1 TB SSD, and an RTX 4090 GPU.
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