AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Ryzen 7 7840HS

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 4.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS against the 3.8 GHz Ryzen 7 7840HS. 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 7840HS and 7940HS
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
  • 9% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2436 vs 2225 points
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.2 GHz vs 5.1 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)
17576

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 1170 MB/sec
Clang compilation 101.3 Klines/sec 97.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 279.4 pages/sec 236.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 376.7 Mpixels/sec 363 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 256 pages/sec 242.3 pages/sec
Background blur 60.6 images/sec 57.1 images/sec
Photo processing 103.3 images/sec 98.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 21.9 Mpixels/sec 21.5 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 102.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 64.5 GOps/sec 62.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 92M Primes/sec 86M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 43.1M Strings/sec 41.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 22.5 GBytes/sec 21.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 377.4 MBytes/sec 360.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1501 Frames/sec 1350 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 28.3B Matrices/sec 27B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS and Ryzen 7 7840HS

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 780M

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 4.0 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.2 GHz 5.1 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 40x 38x
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 780M
GPU Base Clock 1500 MHz 1500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2800 MHz 2700 MHz
Shading Units 768 768
TMUs 48 48
ROPs 32 32
Execution Units 12 12
TGP 15 W 15 W
Max. Resolution 7680x4320 - 60 Hz 7680x4320 - 60 Hz
iGPU FLOPS
8.12 TFLOPS
8.12 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 7 7840HS official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS or Ryzen 9 7940HS?
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Yeah 29 August 2023 15:27
I suppose they go from one line. Then they test chips - more capable are marked Ryzen 9. Something like that.
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The Godfather 20 May 2023 06:56
Until there is a 12 core Ryzen 9 in these APUs it's not worth paying more price than the Ryzen 7.
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