AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 16 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

10011 points
10700 points
6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11884 points
10% slightly better gaming score
10758 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9348 points
10731 points
14% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9142 points
10842 points
18% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

263.24 points
458.15 points
74% 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

4.20 GHz
44% significantly higher clock speed
2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
5.3 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

120 W
55 W
118% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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

8 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
4 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

96 MiB
1100% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

88th of 1,089
75th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 April
2025 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Ryzen 7 7800X3D vs Ryzen 9 8940HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D is faster than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 8940HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to 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 7800X3D thanks to a significantly 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 7800X3D has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 8940HX. The Ryzen 7 7800X3D also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 7800X3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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