AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Ryzen 9 6980HS
We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 4.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS against the 3.3 GHz Ryzen 9 6980HS. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
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
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
- Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
- Newer - released 1-year later
- More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 6 nanometers
- 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.2 GHz vs 5 GHz)
Promotion
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1330 MB/sec | - |
| Clang compilation | 101.3 Klines/sec | - |
| HTML 5 Browser | 279.4 pages/sec | - |
| PDF Renderer | 376.7 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Text processing | 256 pages/sec | - |
| Background blur | 60.6 images/sec | - |
| Photo processing | 103.3 images/sec | - |
| Ray tracing | 21.9 Mpixels/sec | - |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 105.2 GOps/sec | - |
| Floating point math | 64.5 GOps/sec | - |
| Find prime numbers | 92M Primes/sec | - |
| Random string sorting | 43.1M Strings/sec | - |
| Data encryption | 22.5 GBytes/sec | - |
| Data compression | 377.4 MBytes/sec | - |
| Physics | 1501 Frames/sec | - |
| Extended instructions | 28.3B Matrices/sec | - |
Specifications
Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS and Ryzen 9 6980HSGeneral
| Vendor | AMD | AMD |
| Released | January 4, 2023 | January 4, 2022 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Zen 4 (Phoenix) | Zen 3+ (Rembrandt) |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon 780M | Radeon 680M |
CPU
| P-Cores | 8 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 16 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.0 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5.2 GHz | 5 GHz |
| Total Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 16 | 16 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 40x | 33x |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 1MB (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 16MB (shared) | 16MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | 25 billions | - |
| Fabrication process | 4 nm | 6 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 35-54 W (configurable) | 35 W |
| Socket | FP8 | FP7 |
| Peak temperature | 100°C | 95°C |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Radeon 780M | AMD Radeon 680M |
| GPU Base Clock | 1500 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 2800 MHz | 2400 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 | - |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory types | - DDR5-5600 - LPDDR5x-7500 |
- DDR5-4800 - LPDDR5-6400 |
| Memory Size | 256 GB | 64 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | - | 76.8 GB/s |
| ECC Support | Yes | No |
Misc
| Official site | AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS official page | AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 | 20 |
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