Ryzen 9 8940HX vs Ryzen 9 7940HX specs and performance
In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 7940HX 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.
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 8940HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 7940HX. Also, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7940HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. The Ryzen 9 7940HX 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 8940HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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