AMD Ryzen 7 2700U vs Intel Core i7-3940XM

Ryzen 7 2700U vs Core i7-3940XM comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3940XM beats the Ryzen 7 2700U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 2700U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-3940XM has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 2700U. Also, the Core i7-3940XM has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 2700U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3940XM CPU because of its significantly 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 7 2700U has more L2 cache than the Core i7-3940XM. Despite this, the Core i7-3940XM has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 2700U.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 2700U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.