Intel Core i9-11900F vs AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 8 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

8228 points
8447 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10552 points
1% slightly better gaming score
10377 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7484 points
7810 points
4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7301 points
7629 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

11422 points
46% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
7779 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

166.69 points
225.40 points
35% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9503 points
11485 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2234 points
2444 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
4.00 GHz
60% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
Identical
5.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
54 W
20% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB
25% slightly more L1 cache
512 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
8 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

139th of 1,092
129th of 1,092

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i9
Ryzen 9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February
2023 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i9-11900F vs Ryzen 9 7940HS comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 7940HS beats the Core i9-11900F in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i9-11900F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7940HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-11900F. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 7940HS outputs less heat than Core i9-11900F thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 7940HS has more L2 cache than the Core i9-11900F. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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 i9-11900F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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