AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Ryzen 7 8745HS

60 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
VS
61 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 8745HS

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 4.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS against the 3.8 GHz Ryzen 7 8745HS. 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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 8745HS and 7940HS
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.2 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 8745HS
  • Newer - released 1 year and 7 months later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 536
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 3317
Cinebench Scores (173rd and 193rd place)

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)
11631
File compression 962.5 MB/sec 1010 MB/sec
Clang compilation 101.4 Klines/sec 78.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 211.8 pages/sec 240.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 326.9 Mpixels/sec 329.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 260.3 pages/sec 241.6 pages/sec
Background blur 53.8 images/sec 51.4 images/sec
Photo processing 87.4 images/sec 100.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 22.5 Mpixels/sec 18.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 569 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
29783
Integer math 102.1 GOps/sec 97.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 62.3 GOps/sec 59.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 90M Primes/sec 88M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 42.5M Strings/sec 42.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 21.5 GBytes/sec 20.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 360.4 MBytes/sec 343.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1427 Frames/sec 1381 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 27.2B Matrices/sec 25.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2780 & 1281 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
258.68

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 17.3 PPW 15.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 215.4 PPW 204.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 551.5 PPW 529.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.18 PPW 4.79 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-09 (chrisg)Cinebench 2024105 / 873
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-19 (Phillywilly2000)Cinebench 2024102 / 906
πŸ“˜ 2025-07-14 (GlancingOcean)Cinebench 202470 / 677
πŸ“˜ 2025-05-13 (antoooooo)Cinebench 2024109 / 1009
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-08 (ζ²§ζ΅·)GeekBench2614 / 12911
AMD Ryzen 7 8745HS
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-17 -> RennsportGeekBench2647 / 11684
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-17 -> RennsportCinebench 2026536 / 3317
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-16 (Jokodok)GeekBench1324 / 6061
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-12 (Jokodok)GeekBench2507 / 9693
πŸ“˜ 2025-07-18 -> RennsportCinebench 2024102 / 854

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS and Ryzen 7 8745HS

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released January 4, 2023 July 25, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Phoenix) Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Integrated GPU Radeon 780M Radeon 780M
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i9 13900H -
Successor - AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (66th and 56th place)

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 4.9 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 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (106th and 88th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 780M Radeon 780M
GPU Base Clock 800 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2800 MHz 2600 MHz
Shading Units 768 768
TMUs 48 48
ROPs 32 32
Execution Units 12 12
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
4.3 TFLOPS
4 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
- DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS official page -
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20
Further details
Notes on Ryzen 9 7940HS:
    - DDR5 memory is supported only on the FP7r2 socket, while FP7 and FP8 sockets support LPDDR5/x.
    - ECC support is available exclusively on the FP7r2 socket.

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