Ryzen AI 7 445: CPU benchmarks and laptop guide

The AMD Ryzen AI 7 445 is the middle rung of AMD's 2026 Ryzen AI 300 lineup — a Gorgon Point design with six cores — and 21 matched models in the catalog carry it. Judged purely as a processor, it meets the recommended CPU requirement in 36 of the 69 games the catalog tracks. This guide covers where the chip ranks among laptop CPUs, what it brings, and the current-generation laptops built around it.

Where the Ryzen AI 7 445 sits in 2026

A catalog score of 52.61 places the chip 242nd of 741 scored laptop CPUs — the middle of the table. The neighborhood: the Ryzen 5 8540U, Core i7-7820HK and Core 5 210H (all 52.7) just above, the Core Ultra 5 228V (52.6) alongside, and the Core i7-8705G and Core Ultra 7 255U (both 52.3) just below. Rubbing shoulders with a 2017 overclockable i7 and a current Core Ultra 7 summarizes the tier: respectable mainstream throughput, delivered in a 28 W modern design rather than a hot legacy package.

What the chip brings

Gorgon Point gives the Ryzen AI 7 445 6 cores and 12 threads on a 4 nm process, clocking from 2.0 GHz base to 4.6 GHz boost in a 28 W P-class envelope. Two more cores than the smaller Ryzen AI 5 430 translate into stronger multi-threaded headroom for content work and heavy multitasking. The PassMark overall score of 18,228 sits in solid mid-range territory, roughly a third higher than the entry chip of the same family.

Games: CPU-side readiness

Measured as a processor only, the chip clears the recommended CPU tier for 36 of 69 cataloged games — including Dying Light 2, Far Cry 5, Escape from Tarkov, Flight Simulator 2020, Diablo 4, F1 24, Doom Eternal, Death Stranding, Grand Theft Auto V, God of War and Civilization 6. Another 26 titles sit at the minimum tier: Cyberpunk 2077, Counter-Strike 2, PUBG: Battlegrounds, Metro Exodus, Resident Evil 4 Remake, Black Myth Wukong, Ghost of Tsushima, Red Dead Redemption 2 and The Witcher 3 among them. Seven demanding games — Starfield, Helldivers 2, Baldur's Gate 3, Elden Ring, Fortnite, Apex Legends and Call of Duty: Warzone — ask for more processor than this. These verdicts are CPU-only: actual playability depends on the laptop's GPU and RAM, and those decide the experience in this fleet more than the processor does.

Laptops that carry it

The 21-model roster is entirely 2026 hardware, dominated by Lenovo. The business tier holds the ThinkPad E14 Gen 8, E16 Gen 4, L14 Gen 7, L16 Gen 3, X13 Gen 7 and T14s Gen 7, all at $1,300, while the convertible tier runs the Yoga 7a Gen 11 in two sizes and the IdeaPad 5a 2-in-1 in two sizes at $1,500. HP's OmniBook 3 17 and OmniBook 5 14 ultrabooks sit at $1,400. The laptops built around it typically show a median office comfort score of a perfect 100, photo and design capability at 81, a gaming index of 50 with a best GPU score of 45.85, energy efficiency of 81.6, and mobility of 67 — a balanced, modern mainstream profile.

Bottom line

The Ryzen AI 7 445 is a sensible mainstream pick inside 2026 machines: mid-table CPU ranking, 36 of 69 games cleared at the recommended CPU tier, and a fleet with perfect median office comfort and genuinely usable graphics medians. It is neither a gaming engine nor a workstation — the catalog score is honest about that — but within the $1,300–1,500 ThinkPad, Yoga and OmniBook range it offers the most balanced processor option of its family. Buyers wanting more CPU headroom should look up the Ryzen AI 300 stack; buyers wanting an efficient everyday laptop with modern features need not go further.