AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Ryzen 5 7640HS

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS with 8-cores against the 4.3 GHz Ryzen 5 7640HS with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7640HS and 7940HS
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.2 GHz vs 5 GHz)
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Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench R23

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
17463

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
13106
File compression 1330 MB/sec 1010.8 MB/sec
Clang compilation 101.3 Klines/sec 74.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 279.4 pages/sec 193 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 376.7 Mpixels/sec 259.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 256 pages/sec 234.5 pages/sec
Background blur 60.6 images/sec 51.8 images/sec
Photo processing 103.3 images/sec 78.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 21.9 Mpixels/sec 16.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
30875
Integer math 105.2 GOps/sec 77.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 64.5 GOps/sec 47.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 92M Primes/sec 83M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 43.1M Strings/sec 31.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 22.5 GBytes/sec 16.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 377.4 MBytes/sec 281 MBytes/sec
Physics 1501 Frames/sec 1252 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 28.3B Matrices/sec 21.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS and Ryzen 5 7640HS

General

Vendor AMD AMD
Released January 4, 2023 January 4, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Phoenix) Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Integrated GPU Radeon 780M Radeon 760M

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (P) 4.0 GHz 4.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.2 GHz 5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 6
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 40x 43x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 25 billions 25 billions
Fabrication process 4 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-54 W (configurable) 35-54 W (configurable)
Socket FP8 FP8
Peak temperature 100°C 100°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 780M Radeon 760M
GPU Base Clock 1500 MHz 1500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2800 MHz 2600 MHz
Shading Units 768 384
TMUs 48 24
ROPs 32 16
Execution Units 12 6
TGP 15 W 15 W
Max. Resolution 7680x4320 - 60 Hz -
iGPU FLOPS
8.12 TFLOPS
4.06 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory types - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
- DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Memory Size 256 GB 256 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official site AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS official page AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

Cast your vote

Choose between two processors
8 (61.5%)
5 (38.5%)
Total votes: 13

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS or Ryzen 9 7940HS?
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