AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Intel Core i9-14900HX

Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Core i9-14900HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-14900HX beats the Ryzen 9 7940HS in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 7940HS in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-14900HX has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 9 7940HS. Indeed, the Core i9-14900HX has 24 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 9 7940HS. 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 i9-14900HX. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-14900HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 7940HS. The Core i9-14900HX 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.