AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 6 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

5% slightly better overall score

8583 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10935 points

11637 points

6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8413 points

10% slightly better multitasking score

7604 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8221 points

11% slightly better heavy workload score

7365 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7779 points

11% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

6996 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

225.40 points

8% slightly higher Blender score

208.44 points

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

18131 points

16% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score

15510 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11485 points

12876 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2444 points

2889 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.00 GHz

4.70 GHz

17% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz

5.3 GHz

1% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

54 W

94% significantly lower TDP

105 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB

33% slightly more L1 cache

384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB

33% slightly more L2 cache

6 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

32 MiB

100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

110th of 1,089

121st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9

Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 April

2022 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5 (FP7r2)

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Ryzen 5 7600X comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 7940HS performs better than the Ryzen 5 7600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7600X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 7940HS has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 7600X. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7940HS has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7600X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7600X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 7940HS. Also, the Ryzen 5 7600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 7940HS CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 7600X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 7940HS has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 7600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7600X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 9 7940HS.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7940HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.