AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Intel Core i5-14400

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 8 core CPU vs Intel Core i5 (14th gen) 10 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

9048 points

4% slightly better overall score

8658 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10935 points

11300 points

3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8413 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

7821 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8221 points

8% slightly better heavy workload score

7610 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7779 points

5% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

7382 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

225.40 points

11% slightly higher Blender score

202.91 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11485 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

10690 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2444 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

2329 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.00 GHz

60% significantly higher clock speed

2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz

10% slightly higher turbo speed

4.7 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB

9.5 MiB

18% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

20 MiB

25% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

110th of 1,089

119th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9

Core i5 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 April

2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5 (FP7r2)

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Core i5-14400 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 7940HS performs better than the Core i5-14400. Despite this, the Core i5-14400 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-14400 has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 7940HS has 8 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 7940HS has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-14400. Also, the Ryzen 9 7940HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i5-14400 has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 7940HS. The Core i5-14400 also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 7940HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.