AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS vs AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 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

9048 points
10982 points
21% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10935 points
13108 points
19% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8413 points
10252 points
21% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8221 points
10031 points
22% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7779 points
10082 points
29% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

225.40 points
325.43 points
44% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11485 points
18346 points
59% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2444 points
3336 points
36% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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
4.7 GHz
17% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
Identical
5.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

54 W
122% significantly lower TDP
120 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
640 KiB
25% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
Identical
8 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
96 MiB
499% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

110th of 1,089
70th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 April
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5 (FP7r2)
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Ryzen 7 9800X3D specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D is faster than the Ryzen 9 7940HS. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 7940HS in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 7940HS. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Ryzen 9 7940HS CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Ryzen 7 9800X3D also has significantly more 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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