Ryzen 5 6600H vs Ryzen 9 8940HX specs and performance
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 6600H performs better than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 8940HX in all gaming tests too.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 8940HX has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 6600H that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 6600H. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 6600H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 6600H CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 8940HX CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 6600H. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 6600H 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 6600H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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