Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Core i7-12850HX specs and performance
In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12850HX beats the Ryzen 9 7940HS in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7940HS has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12850HX has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 7940HS that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 7940HS. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 7940HS has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-12850HX. Also, the Ryzen 9 7940HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 7940HS CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-12850HX CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-12850HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 7940HS. The Core i7-12850HX 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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