AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX vs AMD Ryzen AI 5 340

Compare AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen AI 300 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
96% significantly better overall score
5440 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10758 points
39% slightly better gaming score
7698 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10731 points
124% significantly better multitasking score
4785 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10842 points
133% significantly better heavy workload score
4637 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

458.15 points
200% significantly higher Blender score
152.57 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
166% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
166% significantly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
44% significantly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed
4.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

55 W
28 W
96% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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
16 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

75th of 1,089
299th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 8000 Series
Ryzen AI 300 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
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Ryzen 9 8940HX vs Ryzen AI 5 340 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen AI 5 340 is faster than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. 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 AI 5 340. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen AI 5 340. It also has more threads than the Ryzen AI 5 340. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen AI 5 340. Also, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen AI 5 340 outputs less heat than Ryzen 9 8940HX thanks to a significantly lower TDP. 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 AI 5 340 has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. The Ryzen AI 5 340 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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