AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS vs AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX

Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Ryzen 9 9955HX benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 7940HS performs better than the Ryzen 9 9955HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 9955HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 9 7940HS. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has 16 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 Ryzen 9 9955HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 7940HS CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 9955HX CPU because of its slightly 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 9955HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 7940HS. The Ryzen 9 9955HX also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7940HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.