Intel Core i5-1340P vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i5 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4754 points
10700 points
125% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7453 points
10758 points
44% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4013 points
10731 points
167% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3901 points
10842 points
177% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

116.46 points
458.15 points
293% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
32
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.9 GHz
2.9 GHz
52% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
5.3 GHz
15% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

9 MiB
125% significantly more L2 cache
4 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

384th of 1,118
78th of 1,118

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2025 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5200
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i5-1340P vs Ryzen 9 8940HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 8940HX beats the Core i5-1340P in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-1340P in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has slightly more cores than the Core i5-1340P. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has 16 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Core i5-1340P. It also has more threads than the Core i5-1340P. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1340P. Also, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-1340P has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. The Core i5-1340P also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-1340P has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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