New CPUs promise desktop-class punch and RDNA 2 graphics on the go
AMD’s Dragon Range is breathing fire again. The chipmaker has just unleashed its Ryzen 8000HX mobility CPUs — a refresh of the 7000HX lineup — aimed squarely at high-end gaming laptops and mobile workstations.
It isn’t Zen 5 yet, but with Zen 4, 5nm process tech, and up to 16 cores, it’s nothing to sniff at.
The refreshed chips include the 16-core Ryzen 9 8945HX and 8940HX, 12-core Ryzen 7 8840HX, and 8-core 8745HX. AMD is promising top-tier performance with power efficiency baked in, targeting gamers and creators who demand serious mobile power.
The flagship Ryzen 9 8945HX clocks up to 5.4 GHz with 80MB of cache and a TDP range of 55–75W. That’s desktop-class grunt in a laptop chassis, built for AAA gaming, content creation, and mad multitasking.
Despite being a refresh, this lineup has some proper teeth — DDR5, PCIe 5.0, and integrated RDNA 2 Radeon 610M graphics for basic gaming and display duty.
AMD claims the 8000HX family will offer the best bang-for-buck in the high-end gaming laptop sector in 2025, especially as rivals sweat over tariffs and node transitions. That said, the real beast is still waiting in the wings — AMD’s Ryzen 9000HX “Fire Range” with Zen 5 cores and a 3D V-Cache variant built to run alongside Nvidia’s RTX 5080 and 5090.
AMD Ryzen 9000HX & 8000HX CPU Lineup For Laptops:
CPU Name | Architecture | Cores / Threads | Base / Boost Clock | Cache | TDP |
Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | Zen 5 | 16 / 32 | 2.5 / 5.4 GHz | 144 MB | 55-75W |
Ryzen 9 9955HX | Zen 5 | 16 / 32 | 2.5 / 5.4 GHz | 80 MB | 55-75W |
Ryzen 9 9850HX | Zen 5 | 12 / 24 | 3.0 / 5.2 GHz | 76 MB | 45-75W |
Ryzen 9 8945HX | Zen 4 | 16 / 32 | 2.5 / 5.4 GHz | 80 MB | 55-75W |
Ryzen 9 8940HX | Zen 4 | 16 / 32 | 2.4 / 5.3 GHz | 80 MB | 55-75W |
Ryzen 7 8840HX | Zen 4 | 12 / 24 | 2.9 / 5.1 GHz | 76 MB | 45-75W |
Ryzen 7 8745HX | Zen 4 | 8 / 16 | 3.6 / 5.1 GHz | 40 MB | 45-75W |
