Ryzen 7 7700 vs Ryzen 9 8940HX specs and performance
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 8940HX performs better than the Ryzen 7 7700. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7700 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.
With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 8940HX has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 7700 has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7700. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 8940HX. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Ryzen 9 8940HX outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 7700 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 7700 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 8940HX. The Ryzen 7 7700 also has significantly more 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 7700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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