45 W TDP — 7 Processors Compared

Decision table

45 W TDP: which one for what?

The 7 models on this page are scored only against each other, for the use you pick. Scores come from the spec sheets; no price and no advertising go in.

What will you use it for? Gaming Content Creation On-device AI Battery Life

Leads for Gaming: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H84%

Leads for Content Creation: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H79%

Leads for On-device AI: AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS66%

Leads for Battery Life: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H62%

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Intel Core Ultra 9 285HIntel
16 · 16 · 5.4 GHz
84% 79% 63% 62%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 5.4 GHz boost
- 24 MB L3 cache
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- 16 cores / 16 threads
- 5.4 GHz boost
Why it ranks here
- 13 TOPS NPU
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Battery Life
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AMD Ryzen 5 150AMD
6 · 12 · 4.55 GHz
76% 56% 55% 55%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- Current model — 12 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- Current model — 12 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- Current model — 12 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- Current model — 12 months on the market
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Intel Core 5 210HIntel
8 · 12 · 4.8 GHz
67% 48% 46% 45%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 24 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 24 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 24 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 24 months on the market — a successor may be near
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AMD Ryzen 9 8945HSAMD
8 · 16 · 5.2 GHz
72% 64% 66% 45%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 5.2 GHz boost
- 33 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- 5.2 GHz boost
- 33 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 16 TOPS NPU
- 33 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 33 months on the market — a successor may be near
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Intel Core Ultra 9 185HIntel
16 · 22 · 5.1 GHz
70% 64% 48% 45%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 24 MB L3 cache
- 34 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 16 cores / 22 threads
- 34 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 11 TOPS NPU
- 34 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 34 months on the market — a successor may be near
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Intel Core i9-13900HIntel
14 · 20 · 5.4 GHz
67% 75% 48% 45%
Why it ranks here
- 5.4 GHz boost
- 24 MB L3 cache
- 45 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- 14 cores / 20 threads
- 5.4 GHz boost
- 45 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 45 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 45 months on the market — a successor may be near
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AMD Ryzen 7 7435HSAMD
8 · 16 · 4.5 GHz
65% 49% 46% 45%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 45 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 45 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 45 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 45 months on the market — a successor may be near