Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS vs Ryzen 5 5600HS

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 5600HS and Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated342
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)AMD Phoenix (Zen 4, Ryzen 7040)
Power efficiencyno data47.99
Architecture codenameCezanne-HS (Zen 3) (2021)Phoenix-HS (Zen 4) (2023)
Release date12 January 2021 (3 years ago)13 June 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 5600HS and Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores6 (Hexa-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1216
Base clock speed3 GHz4 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz5.2 GHz
Multiplier30no data
L1 cache384 KB512 KB
L2 cache3 MB8 MB
L3 cache16 MB (shared)16 MB
Chip lithography7 nm4 nm
Die size180 mm2178 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Number of transistors10,700 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 5600HS and Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1no data
SocketFP6FP7/FP8
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 5600HS and Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEno data
AES-NI+-
FMA+-
AVX+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 5600HS and Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 5600HS and Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon Vega 7AMD Radeon 780M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 5600HS and Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS.

PCIe version3.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 7.46 18.27
Recency 12 January 2021 13 June 2023
Physical cores 6 8
Threads 12 16
Chip lithography 7 nm 4 nm

Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS has 144.9% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 2 years, 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

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