AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D

Compare AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7000 Series 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

10700 points
77% significantly better overall score
6035 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10758 points
11% slightly better gaming score
9622 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10731 points
119% significantly better multitasking score
4899 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10842 points
131% significantly better heavy workload score
4684 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

458.15 points
138% significantly higher Blender score
192.43 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
166% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
433% significantly more threads
6

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
4.10 GHz
41% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz
12% slightly higher turbo speed
4.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

55 W
18% slightly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1024 KiB
166% significantly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
6 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
96 MiB
1100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

75th of 1,089
248th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 8000 Series
Ryzen 7000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2025 April
2024 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen 9 8940HX vs Ryzen 5 7600X3D specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 7600X3D beats the Ryzen 9 8940HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 8940HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 7600X3D. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7600X3D. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7600X3D. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7600X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 8940HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 8940HX CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 7600X3D CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 7600X3D has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. The Ryzen 5 7600X3D 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 8940HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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