AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Intel Core i9-12950HX

Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Core i9-12950HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 7940HS beats the Core i9-12950HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12950HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12950HX has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 9 7940HS. Indeed, the Core i9-12950HX has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 9 7940HS. 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 i9-12950HX. Also, the Ryzen 9 7940HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 7940HS CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-12950HX 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 i9-12950HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 7940HS. The Core i9-12950HX 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.