AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 260

Compare AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 16 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

10700 points
35% slightly better overall score
7924 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10758 points
14% slightly better gaming score
9428 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10731 points
44% significantly better multitasking score
7435 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10842 points
48% significantly better heavy workload score
7295 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

458.15 points
339% significantly higher Blender score
104.21 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
100% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
100% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
3.80 GHz
31% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz
3% slightly higher turbo speed
5.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

55 W
45 W
22% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
8 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
16 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

75th of 1,089
150th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 8000 Series
Ryzen 200 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2025 April
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen 9 8940HX vs Ryzen 7 260 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 8940HX beats the Ryzen 7 260 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 260 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 260. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 260. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 260. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 260 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 8940HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 260 outputs less heat than Ryzen 9 8940HX thanks to a 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 7 260 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. The Ryzen 7 260 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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