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Rate My PC: AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX + NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile

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AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX

60,099 Benchmark Score

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NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile

1,285 Benchmark Score

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The AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX paired with the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile is a laptop-class combination that presents an unusual performance profile. The CPU is a 16-core, 32-thread Zen 4 part with a 55 W TDP, while the GPU is an end-of-life Turing-based professional mobile graphics solution with 6 GB of GDDR6 memory. Benchmark data shows the processor performing in the 92nd percentile among all CPUs, while the GPU sits in the 7th percentile among all GPUs, creating a stark imbalance that shapes every workload outcome.

CPU Analysis

The AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX is built on the Zen 4 architecture using TSMC’s 5 nm process node, with a die size of 2x 71 mm² and 13,140 million transistors. It features 16 cores and 32 threads, with a base clock of 2.50 GHz and a boost clock of 5.40 GHz. The cache layout includes 64 KB of L1 per core, 1 MB of L2 per core, and a shared 64 MB L3 cache. Memory support is limited to DDR5, running on a dual-channel bus with 83.2 GB/s bandwidth, and ECC memory is supported. The CPU connects via PCIe Gen 5 with 28 lanes, and it includes an integrated Radeon 610M GPU. The socket is AMD Socket FL1, and the processor belongs to the 7000 series, codenamed Dragon Range.

Benchmark results show a processor that scales strongly with thread count. The 3DMark scores progress from 1058 in single-thread, to 2063 in 2-threads, 3972 in 4-threads, 7355 in 8-threads, 12737 in 16-threads, and 13612 in max-threads. This scaling pattern indicates that the chip adds meaningful performance up to 16 threads, with only marginal gains beyond that point—the max-thread score is just 6.9% higher than the 16-thread score, suggesting that 16 cores are already saturating most workloads. Cinebench results reinforce this: R15 multicore scores 5289 versus 308 single-core, while R23 multicore hits 33459 versus 1940 single-core. The Geekbench multicore score of 18254 and single-core of 2391 place this CPU comfortably ahead of typical mobile parts.

The PassMark suite provides additional insight into real-world task behavior. Integer math scores 207524, floating-point math scores 123390, and extended instructions score 51834. Data compression hits 707249, while data encryption reaches 42703. Random string sorting scores 81736, and find prime numbers scores 284. The multi-thread score is 54548, with a single-thread score of 4040 and physics at 2500. The average benchmark score for this CPU is 60099, placing it in the 92nd percentile of all CPUs. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Ryzen 7 8745HX with an average score of 60104 (0% delta), the Intel Core i9-14900F at 60008 (0.2% faster), the AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D at 59641 (0.8% slower), and the Intel Xeon Gold 6338T at 60572 (0.8% faster). These deltas are all within 1%, meaning the 7945HX trades blows with top desktop processors despite being a mobile part.

Gaming Performance

The FACT PACK contains no measured FPS rows for this exact CPU+GPU combination, and the dataIsMeasured field is false. Therefore, all gaming frame rate figures below are estimates derived from the benchmark scores, not direct measurements. The GPU’s 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 1285 places it in the 7th percentile of all GPUs, which is exceptionally low for modern gaming. Its nearest rivals include the NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 (1281, 0.3% faster), AMD Radeon R9 380 (1293, 0.6% faster), NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 (1267, 1.4% slower), and NVIDIA NVS 4200M (1267, 1.4% slower). These are all low-end or legacy parts, indicating that the Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile will struggle with demanding titles.

Given the CPU’s strong single-thread score of 1058 in 3DMark and 4040 in PassMark, the processor can feed frames quickly, but the GPU will be the limiting factor. For esports titles and older games at 1080p, the Quadro might manage playable rates, but for modern AAA games at high or ultra settings, frame rates will likely be low. The GPU’s 5.299 TFLOPS FP32 performance and 336.0 GB/s memory bandwidth are modest figures, and the 6 GB VRAM capacity will constrain texture-heavy scenes. Any gaming estimate must account for the GPU’s 7th percentile standing—expect frame rates well below what a dedicated gaming laptop would deliver, with the CPU’s power largely wasted in this context.

Upgrade Path and Platform

The CPU uses AMD Socket FL1, which is specific to the Dragon Range mobile platform. There is no mention of other processors compatible with this socket in the FACT PACK, so upgrades would be limited to whatever AMD offers for this platform, potentially including higher-tier Dragon Range parts. The CPU supports DDR5 memory on a dual-channel bus with 83.2 GB/s bandwidth, and ECC is supported, which is valuable for workstation tasks. PCIe Gen 5 with 28 lanes provides ample bandwidth for modern storage and expansion, though the GPU in this pairing is limited to PCIe 3.0 x16.

The GPU has a TDP of 80 W and is an MXM Module with no power connectors listed, meaning it draws power through the slot. The CPU’s TDP is 55 W, so the combined thermal and power envelope for this laptop pairing is roughly 135 W, excluding other components. No suggested PSU is provided, but the modest power draw suggests that a standard laptop power adapter should suffice. The GPU is end-of-life, with its successor listed as Ampere-MW, so future upgrades would require a different GPU generation. The CPU is listed as active, so it remains in production. A sensible next upgrade would involve a newer GPU generation, but the MXM form factor and end-of-life status of the Quadro may limit options to whatever the laptop chassis supports.

Balance and Bottleneck

The performance data shows a severe imbalance. The CPU sits in the 92nd percentile of all CPUs, while the GPU sits in the 7th percentile. In CPU-bound workloads like video encoding, software compilation, or data processing, the 7945HX will deliver excellent results—its Cinebench R23 multicore score of 33459 and Geekbench multicore of 18254 are strong indicators. However, in GPU-bound tasks like gaming, 3D rendering with ray tracing, or machine learning inference, the Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile will be the bottleneck, dragging overall performance down.

The CPU’s scaling from 8-threads (7355) to 16-threads (12737) shows a 73% improvement, indicating that multi-threaded workloads benefit greatly from the 16-core design. The GPU’s single benchmark score of 1285 in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 is its only data point, and its nearest rivals are all low-end parts, confirming that this GPU cannot keep pace with the CPU in any graphics-heavy scenario. For workloads that mix CPU and GPU, such as gaming with physics simulation or video editing with GPU acceleration, the GPU will cap performance. The FPS scaling would theoretically follow the GPU’s capability, but without measured data, the bottleneck is clear from the percentile gap: the CPU is overkill for this GPU in gaming, while the GPU is the limiting factor in anything visual.

GPU Analysis

The NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile is based on the TU106 chip, which uses the Turing architecture on a 12 nm process from TSMC. The die is 445 mm² with 10,800 million transistors, giving a transistor density of 24.3M per mm². The GPU has 1920 shading units, 120 texture mapping units, and 64 raster output units. It includes 30 ray tracing cores and 240 tensor cores, which are the key features for professional ray-traced rendering and AI-assisted workloads. The base clock is 945 MHz, with a boost clock of 1380 MHz, and the memory clock runs at 1750 MHz with 14 Gbps effective speed.

Memory consists of 6 GB of GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus, delivering 336.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The pixel rate is 88.32 GPixel/s, and the texture rate is 165.6 GTexel/s. FP32 performance is 5.299 TFLOPS, while FP16 reaches 10.60 TFLOPS with a 2:1 ratio. The GPU supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, making it capable of modern API features. The TDP is 80 W, and it uses an MXM Module form factor with no external power connectors. The bus interface is PCIe 3.0 x16, and display outputs are described as portable device dependent. The GPU is end-of-life, with a release date of 2019-05-26, and its predecessor is Quadro Pascal-M, while the successor is Ampere-MW.

The single benchmark score of 1285 in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 places this GPU in the 7th percentile, which is a very low position. Its nearest rivals are all low-end or legacy GPUs, indicating that this part performs far below modern gaming standards. For rendering workloads, the 30 RT cores and 240 tensor cores provide acceleration for ray tracing and AI denoising, but the raw compute power is modest. The 6 GB VRAM may be sufficient for older or lighter professional workloads, but it will limit large scenes or high-resolution textures. The bandwidth of 336.0 GB/s is adequate for its class, but not exceptional.

Who Should Build It

This CPU+GPU pairing is suitable for users who prioritize CPU-heavy tasks and do not require strong graphics performance. The 92nd percentile CPU is ideal for software developers compiling large codebases, data scientists running multi-threaded analysis, or students working on computational projects. The 16 cores and 32 threads, combined with 64 MB L3 cache, make it a capable workstation for parallel workloads. The GPU’s 7th percentile standing, however, means that gamers should avoid this system, as modern titles will run poorly. Content creators working on 2D or CPU-based tasks, such as video encoding with the CPU, will benefit, but those relying on GPU acceleration for 3D rendering will be disappointed.

Small business workstations handling spreadsheets, databases, or server-like tasks would also benefit from the CPU’s performance, especially with ECC memory support. The Quadro branding suggests professional use, but the performance is too low for demanding CAD or simulation work. Students in engineering or computer science fields could leverage the CPU for simulations and coding, but they would need a separate GPU for graphics. The overall tier, given the 50th combined percentile, is mid-range, but the skew is extreme—this is a CPU-centric build with a token GPU.

Benchmark Performance

The CPU’s average benchmark score is 60099, placing it in the 92nd percentile of all CPUs. Its nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 7 8745HX, scores 60104 with a 0% delta, making them effectively identical. The Intel Core i9-14900F scores 60008 with a 0.2% advantage, while the AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D scores 59641 with a 0.8% disadvantage, and the Intel Xeon Gold 6338T scores 60572 with a 0.8% advantage. These tight margins show that the 7945HX is a top-tier CPU, competing with desktop parts.

The GPU’s average benchmark score is 1285, placing it in the 7th percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rivals include the NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 (1281, 0.3% faster), AMD Radeon R9 380 (1293, 0.6% faster), NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 (1267, 1.4% slower), and NVIDIA NVS 4200M (1267, 1.4% slower). The combination of a 92nd percentile CPU with a 7th percentile GPU yields a 50th combined percentile, but this average masks the extreme disparity. In CPU-only benchmarks, this system would dominate; in GPU-only benchmarks, it would lag. The combined picture is a workstation that excels at computation but fails at graphics.

FAQ

Q: What is the CPU’s core and thread count?

A: The AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX has 16 cores and 32 threads, with a base clock of 2.50 GHz and a boost clock of 5.40 GHz.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The CPU’s average benchmark score is 60099, which is within 0.8% of all its nearest rivals, including the AMD Ryzen 7 8745HX (60104), Intel Core i9-14900F (60008), AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D (59641), and Intel Xeon Gold 6338T (60572).

Q: What is the GPU’s memory configuration?

A: The NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile has 6 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, with a bandwidth of 336.0 GB/s.

Q: Is this GPU suitable for modern gaming?

A: No, the GPU’s 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 1285 places it in the 7th percentile, with nearest rivals being low-end parts like the GeForce GT 610 and GT 520, indicating very limited gaming capability.

Q: What is the CPU’s socket and memory support?

A: The CPU uses AMD Socket FL1, supports DDR5 memory on a dual-channel bus with 83.2 GB/s bandwidth, and supports ECC memory.

Q: Does the GPU support ray tracing?

A: Yes, the GPU includes 30 ray tracing cores and 240 tensor cores, but its low overall performance (5.299 TFLOPS FP32) limits practical ray tracing use.

Q: What is the combined performance percentile?

A: The combined percentile is 50, reflecting the average of the CPU’s 92nd percentile and the GPU’s 7th percentile.

Usage Scenarios

High-refresh gaming: This system is not recommended for high-refresh gaming. The GPU’s 7th percentile ranking means frame rates will be low, and the CPU’s power cannot compensate. The 3DMark score of 1285 suggests that even competitive titles would struggle to hit 144 Hz at 1080p.

Streaming: Streaming involves both CPU encoding and GPU rendering. The CPU’s 16 cores and 32 threads with a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 33459 handle encoding well, but the GPU’s low performance may cause dropped frames in games, making this a poor fit.

Video editing: CPU-based editing and encoding will be fast, given the PassMark multi-thread score of 54548, but GPU-accelerated effects and rendering will be slow due to the Quadro’s modest compute power.

3D rendering: The GPU’s ray tracing cores exist, but its 5.299 TFLOPS FP32 and 6 GB VRAM limit scene complexity. CPU rendering would be preferred, but the GPU will bottleneck any hybrid approach.

Software development: This is a strong scenario. The CPU’s 92nd percentile performance accelerates compilation, testing, and virtualization, with ECC memory support adding stability for long-running builds.

Student and office work: The CPU is overkill for basic tasks, but the system will handle multitasking, spreadsheets, and documentation effortlessly. The low-power GPU is fine for 2D work, but the overall cost is unjustified for this use case.

Build Overview

This build pairs the AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, a 16-core, 32-thread Zen 4 mobile processor with a 55 W TDP, with the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile, a Turing-based professional GPU with 6 GB of GDDR6 memory and an 80 W TDP. The build class is laptop, and the combined percentile is 50, placing it in the middle of all systems. However, this median position is misleading: the CPU is in the 92nd percentile, while the GPU is in the 7th percentile. The CPU is among the best available, rivaling desktop parts like the Intel Core i9-14900F within 0.2%, while the GPU is comparable to legacy parts like the GeForce GT 610 within 0.3%. This is a CPU-centric workstation that sacrifices graphics performance entirely, making it suitable for computational tasks but unsuitable for gaming or GPU-accelerated workflows.

Rate My PC: AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX + NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile

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