AMD Ryzen Z1 vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Compare AMD Ryzen Z1 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 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

5874 points
10700 points
82% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8265 points
10758 points
30% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5178 points
10731 points
107% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5019 points
10842 points
116% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

133.44 points
458.15 points
243% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
16
166% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
32
166% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.20 GHz
10% slightly higher clock speed
2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
5.3 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W
96% significantly lower TDP
55 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache
4 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

261st of 1,089
75th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Z1
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

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2025 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

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DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

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Yes

Ryzen Z1 vs Ryzen 9 8940HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen Z1 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 Z1. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen Z1. It also has more threads than the Ryzen Z1. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Z1 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen Z1 CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 8940HX CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen Z1 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 8940HX. The Ryzen Z1 also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen Z1 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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