AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Compare AMD Ryzen PRO 8000 Series 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

10042 points
10700 points
6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12109 points
12% slightly better gaming score
10758 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9318 points
10731 points
15% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9090 points
10842 points
19% slightly better heavy workload score

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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

4.2 GHz
44% significantly higher clock speed
2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
5.3 GHz
3% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
55 W
18% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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

16 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

86th of 1,089
75th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen PRO 8000 Series
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 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 PRO 8700G vs Ryzen 9 8940HX comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G performs better than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 8940HX in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 8940HX has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G 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 PRO 8700G thanks to a slightly 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 PRO 8700G has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. The Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G 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 PRO 8700G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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