Ryzen 9 5900 vs Ryzen 9 7940HS specs and performance
In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 5900 beats the Ryzen 9 7940HS in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7940HS has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.
With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 5900 has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 7940HS has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 7940HS. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7940HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 5900. Also, the Ryzen 9 7940HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 7940HS outputs less heat than Ryzen 9 5900 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 9 7940HS has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 5900. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 9 7940HS.
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 9 5900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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