AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 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

5776 points
10700 points
85% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6952 points
10758 points
54% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5375 points
10731 points
99% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5256 points
10842 points
106% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

149.45 points
458.15 points
206% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
32
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
27% slightly higher clock speed
2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.35 GHz
5.3 GHz
21% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
55 W
90% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB
1024 KiB
33% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
Identical
4 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

271st of 1,089
75th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April
2025 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 7 2700X vs Ryzen 9 8940HX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 8940HX is faster than the Ryzen 7 2700X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 2700X in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 2700X has a slightly higher clock speed than 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 7 2700X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Ryzen 7 2700X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 7 2700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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