Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Core i5-14500 specs and performance
In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 7940HS beats the Core i5-14500 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-14500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-14500 has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 7940HS that 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 significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-14500. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-14500 has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 7940HS. The Core i5-14500 also has significantly 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.
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