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AMD Ryzen AI 9 465 vs Ryzen 9 8940HX

67 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI 9 465
VS
70 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
AMD Ryzen AI 9 465
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI 9 465 with 10-cores against the 2.4 GHz Ryzen 9 8940HX with 16-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 8940HX and 465
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 9 465
  • More powerful Radeon 880M integrated graphics: 4.5 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Newer - released 9 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 5 nanometers
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
  • Has 40 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 5 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen AI 9 465
vs
Ryzen 9 8940HX

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 451 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 4354 -
Cinebench Scores (134th and 56th place)
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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)
Ryzen AI 9 465
13449
Ryzen 9 8940HX +14%
15317
File compression 1260 MB/sec 1250 MB/sec
Clang compilation 104.8 Klines/sec 178.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 307.9 pages/sec 262.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 431.6 Mpixels/sec 430 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 310 pages/sec 255 pages/sec
Background blur 59.4 images/sec 55.9 images/sec
Photo processing 124 images/sec 94.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 22.8 Mpixels/sec 39.9 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)
Ryzen AI 9 465
29314
Ryzen 9 8940HX +69%
49560
Integer math 100.7 GOps/sec 188.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 63 GOps/sec 113.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 123M Primes/sec 250M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 37.8M Strings/sec 75.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 17.9 GBytes/sec 39.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 354.4 MBytes/sec 648.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1697 Frames/sec 2091 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 25.1B Matrices/sec 47.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 83 & 904 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen AI 9 465
289.99
Ryzen 9 8940HX +50%
435.77

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 20.2 PPW 21.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 249.1 PPW 204.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 542.9 PPW 660.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.37 PPW 5.81 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
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AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
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πŸ“˜ 2025-12-20 (Marky)Cinebench 2024111 / 1769
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-17 (viraj anshuman)Geekbench 6 CPU2864 / 14336
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-29 (CHRIStoK)Cinebench 2024110 / 1803
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-16 (SpeKtra_TM)Geekbench 6 CPU2805 / 15483
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-16 (SpeKtra_TM)Cinebench 2024111 / 1678
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen AI 9 465 and Ryzen 9 8940HX

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released January 5, 2026 April 1, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Gorgon Point) Zen 4 (Dragon Range)
Model number 465 -
Integrated GPU Radeon 880M Radeon 610M
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (40th and 35th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 16
P-Threads 8 32
Base Frequency (P) 2.0 GHz 2.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 5.3 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 6 -
E-Threads 12 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.0 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 10 16
Total Threads 20 32
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 20x 24x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 4 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 15-54 W (configurable) 55-75 W (configurable)
Socket FP8 FL1
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (65th and 51st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 880M Radeon 610M
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2900 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 768 128
TMUs 48 8
ROPs 16 4
Execution Units 12 2
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen AI 9 465 +650%
4.5 TFLOPS
Ryzen 9 8940HX
0.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 610M compared to Radeon 880M

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8533		 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen AI 9 465 official page AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 28

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Comments

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