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AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 vs Ryzen 9 7940HS

69 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
VS
60 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 with 12-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.

  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 7940HS and 470
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
  • Newer - released 3 years later
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More powerful Radeon 890M integrated graphics: 6.3 vs 4.3 TFLOPS
  • 17% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2891 vs 2469 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
vs
Ryzen 9 7940HS

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 491 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 5224 -
Cinebench Scores (138th and 174th 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)
File compression 1330 MB/sec 962.5 MB/sec
Clang compilation 132.1 Klines/sec 101.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 343.5 pages/sec 211.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 503.3 Mpixels/sec 326.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 310.1 pages/sec 260.3 pages/sec
Background blur 65.2 images/sec 53.8 images/sec
Photo processing 140.5 images/sec 87.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 31.3 Mpixels/sec 22.5 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)
Integer math 130.2 GOps/sec 102.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 81.3 GOps/sec 62.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 125M Primes/sec 90M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 51.6M Strings/sec 42.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 23.7 GBytes/sec 21.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 484.6 MBytes/sec 360.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 1851 Frames/sec 1427 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 34.4B Matrices/sec 27.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 103 & 2780 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
217.38
Ryzen 9 7940HS +4%
225.69

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 19.8 PPW 17.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 268.4 PPW 215.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 685.4 PPW 551.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.03 PPW 4.18 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 7940HS
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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 (沧桷)Geekbench 6 CPU2614 / 12911
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 and Ryzen 9 7940HS

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released January 5, 2026 January 4, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Gorgon Point) Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Model number 470 -
Integrated GPU Radeon 890M Radeon 780M
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core Ultra 9 386H - Intel Core i9 13900H
Successor - - AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (36th and 66th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.0 GHz 4.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.2 GHz 5.2 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 16 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.0 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 12 8
Total Threads 24 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 20x 40x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 25 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 15-54 W (configurable) 35-54 W (configurable)
Socket FP8 FP8
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (54th and 106th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 890M Radeon 780M
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 3100 MHz 2800 MHz
Shading Units 1024 768
TMUs 64 48
ROPs 32 32
Execution Units 16 12
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 +47%
6.3 TFLOPS
Ryzen 9 7940HS
4.3 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 780M compared to Radeon 890M

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8533		 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 official page AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 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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