AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX vs Ryzen 9 7940HS
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.4 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX with 16-cores against the 4.0 GHz Ryzen 9 7940HS with 8-cores. 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
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
- Has 48 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
- Newer - released 2 years and 4 months later
- Has 8 more physical cores
- Unlocked multiplier
- Newer PCI Express version β 5.0
- 10% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2708 vs 2469 points
- 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 5.2 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
- More powerful Radeon 780M integrated graphics: 4.3 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
- Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
- More modern manufacturing process β 4 versus 5 nanometers
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (56th and 174th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1250 MB/sec | 962.5 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 178.9 Klines/sec | 101.4 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 262.1 pages/sec | 211.8 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 430 Mpixels/sec | 326.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 255 pages/sec | 260.3 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 55.9 images/sec | 53.8 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 94.7 images/sec | 87.4 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 39.9 Mpixels/sec | 22.5 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 188.6 GOps/sec | 102.1 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 113.5 GOps/sec | 62.3 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 250M Primes/sec | 90M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 75.1M Strings/sec | 42.5M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 39.2 GBytes/sec | 21.5 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 648.8 MBytes/sec | 360.4 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 2091 Frames/sec | 1427 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 47.6B Matrices/sec | 27.2B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 21.6 PPW | 17.3 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 204.2 PPW | 215.4 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 660.8 PPW | 551.5 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 5.81 PPW | 4.18 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2025-12-20 (Marky) | Cinebench 2024 | 111 / 1769 |
| π 2025-12-17 (viraj anshuman) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2864 / 14336 |
| π 2025-11-29 (CHRIStoK) | Cinebench 2024 | 110 / 1803 |
| π 2025-11-16 (SpeKtra_TM) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2805 / 15483 |
| π 2025-11-16 (SpeKtra_TM) | Cinebench 2024 | 111 / 1678 |
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2025-11-09 (chrisg) | Cinebench 2024 | 105 / 873 |
| π 2025-08-19 (Phillywilly2000) | Cinebench 2024 | 102 / 906 |
| π 2025-07-14 (GlancingOcean) | Cinebench 2024 | 70 / 677 |
| π 2025-05-13 (antoooooo) | Cinebench 2024 | 109 / 1009 |
| π 2025-03-08 (沧桷) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2614 / 12911 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX and Ryzen 9 7940HSGeneral
| Vendor | Amd | Amd |
| Released | April 1, 2025 | January 4, 2023 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Zen 4 (Dragon Range) | Zen 4 (Phoenix) |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon 610M | Radeon 780M |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Intel Core i9 13900H |
| Successor | - | - AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (35th and 66th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 16 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 32 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 2.4 GHz | 4.0 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5.3 GHz | 5.2 GHz |
| Total Cores | 16 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 32 | 16 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 24x | 40x |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 1MB (per core) | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 64MB (shared) | 16MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | No |
Package
| Transistors | - | 25 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 4 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 55-75 W (configurable) | 35-54 W (configurable) |
| Socket | FL1 | FP8 |
| Peak Temperature | 100Β°C | 100Β°C |
Laptop processors ranking (51st and 106th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Radeon 610M | Radeon 780M |
| GPU Base Clock | 400 MHz | 800 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 2200 MHz | 2800 MHz |
| Shading Units | 128 | 768 |
| TMUs | 8 | 48 |
| ROPs | 4 | 32 |
| Execution Units | 2 | 12 |
| TGP | 15 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
More info: Radeon 780M compared to Radeon 610M
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - DDR5-5200 | - DDR5-5600 - LPDDR5x-7500 |
| Max. Memory Size | 64 GB | 256 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX official page | AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 28 | 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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