Ryzen 5 5500 vs Ryzen 9 8940HX comparison
In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5500 beats the Ryzen 9 8940HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 8940HX 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 Ryzen 5 5500. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5500. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 8940HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 8940HX outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 5500 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 8940HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5500. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 9 8940HX.
Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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