AMD Ryzen 9 9900X vs AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7000 Series 16 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

13788 points
14296 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14026 points
12% slightly better gaming score
12504 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

13725 points
14928 points
8% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

13727 points
15169 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

13920 points
3% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
13404 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

462.53 points
463.74 points
0.26% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
32
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.4 GHz
83% significantly higher clock speed
2.40 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.6 GHz
7% slightly higher turbo speed
5.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

120 W
55 W
118% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

960 KiB
1024 KiB
6% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

12 MiB
16 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
Identical
64 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

35th of 1,089
28th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9000 Series
Ryzen 7000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 August
2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 9 9900X vs Ryzen 9 7940HX comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 7940HX performs better than the Ryzen 9 9900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9900X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 7940HX has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 9 9900X. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7940HX has 16 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 9900X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 9900X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9900X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 7940HX. Also, the Ryzen 9 9900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 7940HX outputs less heat than Ryzen 9 9900X 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 9 7940HX has slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 9900X. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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 9900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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