Processors/AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS
AMD · Ryzen 8040 (Hawk Point, Zen 4) · Laptop
AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS
The AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS is AMD’s Ryzen 8040 (Hawk Point, Zen 4) mobile processor with 8 cores and 16 threads, a boost clock of 5.1 GHz and 16 MB of L3 cache.
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Overview
The AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS is AMD’s Ryzen 8040 (Hawk Point, Zen 4) mobile processor with 8 cores and 16 threads, a boost clock of 5.1 GHz and 16 MB of L3 cache. These are the manufacturer’s published figures. They describe what the chip is designed to do, not what your particular machine does with it, and the gap between those two is usually cooling. A boost clock is a ceiling rather than a promise, and how long a processor holds it under continuous load is the one thing no specification sheet can tell you.
Specifications
- Cores
- 8
- Threads
- 16
- Base clock
- 3.8 GHz
- Boost clock
- 5.1 GHz
- L3 cache
- 16 MB
- TDP
- 45 W
- Total cache (L2 + L3)
- 24 MB
- Socket
- FP7, FP7r2, FP8
- Process
- 4 nm
- Integrated graphics
- AMD Radeon 780M
- Launched
- 2023-12-06
Physical cores. More helps sustained multi-threaded work, not single-task responsiveness.
The floor the vendor guarantees under load. Often closer to reality than boost.
A ceiling, not a promise. How long a chip holds it is the thing a spec sheet cannot tell you.
Design power, not measured draw. Where a range is shown, the manufacturer allows the laptop maker to choose within it, and the choice materially changes sustained performance.
AMD prints L2 and L3 together. It is not the L3 figure and is not compared with one.
Sources
Each figure, the label its source printed beside it, and the day it was read.
| Figure | As printed | Source | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cores8 | Cores / Threads | ir.amd.comLaunch release | |
| Threads16 | Cores / Threads | ir.amd.comLaunch release | |
| Base clock3.8 GHz | Boost / Base Frequency | ir.amd.comLaunch release | |
| Boost clock5.1 GHz | Boost / Base Frequency | ir.amd.comLaunch release | |
| L3 cache16 MB | L3 Cache | amd.comSpecification page | |
| TDP45 W | TDP | ir.amd.comLaunch release | |
| Total cache (L2 + L3)24 MB | Total Cache | ir.amd.comLaunch release | |
| SocketFP7, FP7r2, FP8 | CPU Socket | amd.comSpecification page | |
| Process4 nm | Processor Technology for CPU Cores | amd.comSpecification page | |
| Integrated graphicsAMD Radeon 780M | Graphics Model | amd.comSpecification page | |
| Launched2023-12-06 | Launch Date | amd.comSpecification page |
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Compare
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What these numbers mean
Every figure on this sheet is a design target. None of it is a measurement.
Nothing above describes how a processor behaves twenty minutes into a sustained workload, which is where two chips with nearly identical specifications routinely diverge. A boost clock is a ceiling the vendor permits, not a rate the chip sustains, and whether it holds depends on the cooling, the case, the power profile and the room. None of those appear on a specification sheet.
We deliberately do not reduce these figures to a single score. A composite invented from specifications would look authoritative and measure nothing, and choosing the weights would be choosing the winner.