AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS vs AMD Ryzen 7 260

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 200 Series 8 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

8447 points
8589 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10377 points
4% slightly better gaming score
9943 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7810 points
8144 points
4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7629 points
7999 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

225.40 points
116% significantly higher Blender score
104.21 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.00 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed
3.80 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
1% slightly higher turbo speed
5.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

54 W
45 W
20% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
Identical
8 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

134th of 1,102
126th of 1,102

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9
Ryzen 200 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 April
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5 (FP7r2)
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Ryzen 7 260 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 7940HS performs better than the Ryzen 7 260. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 260 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7940HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 260. Also, the Ryzen 9 7940HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 260 outputs less heat than Ryzen 9 7940HS thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches and L3 cache.

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.

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