AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Mobile 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

5946 points

10700 points

79% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7318 points

10758 points

47% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5493 points

10731 points

95% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5364 points

10842 points

102% significantly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

146.25 points

458.15 points

213% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz

Identical

2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

5.3 GHz

26% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

22% slightly lower TDP

55 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB

1024 KiB

100% significantly 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

8 MiB

Identical

8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

253rd of 1,089

75th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Mobile

Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 January

2025 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 7 4800HS vs Ryzen 9 8940HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 4800HS is faster than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 9 8940HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 4800HS. Also, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 4800HS 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. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache and 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 Ryzen 7 4800HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.