Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U
2022
6 cores / 12 threads, 15 Watt
10.49
Ryzen 9 7940HS
2023
8 cores / 16 threads, 35 Watt
19.11
+82.2%

Ryzen 9 7940HS outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U by an impressive 82% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U and Ryzen 9 7940HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking744307
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Power efficiency65.8451.40
Architecture codenameRembrandt-U PRO (Zen 3+) (2022)Phoenix-HS (Zen 4) (2023)
Release date19 April 2022 (2 years ago)January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U and Ryzen 9 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 speed2.9 GHz4 GHz
Boost clock speed4.5 GHz5.2 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography6 nm4 nm
Die size208 mm2178 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °C100 °C
Number of transistorsno data25,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U and Ryzen 9 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 configuration11
SocketFP7FP8
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U and Ryzen 9 7940HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsPRO, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHARyzen AI, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++
Precision Boost 2++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U and Ryzen 9 7940HS are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U and Ryzen 9 7940HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon 660M ( - 1900 MHz)AMD Radeon 780M ( - 2800 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U and Ryzen 9 7940HS.

PCIe version4.04.0
PCI Express lanes2020

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 10.49
Ryzen 9 7940HS 19.11
+82.2%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 16657
Ryzen 9 7940HS 30356
+82.2%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 1736
Ryzen 9 7940HS 2460
+41.7%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 6637
Ryzen 9 7940HS 11574
+74.4%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 6062
Ryzen 9 7940HS 7837
+29.3%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 32262
Ryzen 9 7940HS 48751
+51.1%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 11322
Ryzen 9 7940HS 15689
+38.6%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 7.74
Ryzen 9 7940HS 2.7
+187%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 16
Ryzen 9 7940HS 30
+88.3%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 1460
Ryzen 9 7940HS 2661
+82.3%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 233
Ryzen 9 7940HS 284
+21.9%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 2.79
Ryzen 9 7940HS 3.38
+21.1%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 5.5
Ryzen 9 7940HS 15.1
+175%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 86
Ryzen 9 7940HS 144
+67%

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 224
Ryzen 9 7940HS 293
+30.4%

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 5343
Ryzen 9 7940HS 7490
+40.2%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 6489
Ryzen 9 7940HS 12111
+86.7%

Blender(-)

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 397
+110%
Ryzen 9 7940HS 189

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 1453
Ryzen 9 7940HS 1986
+36.7%

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 5229
Ryzen 9 7940HS 6652
+27.2%

7-Zip

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 37857
Ryzen 9 7940HS 71086
+87.8%

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 234
Ryzen 9 7940HS 317
+35.8%

CrossMark Overall

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 1419
Ryzen 9 7940HS 1797
+26.6%

WebXPRT 4 Overall

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 185
Ryzen 9 7940HS 263
+41.9%

Blender v3.3 Classroom CPU(-)

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U 713
+131%
Ryzen 9 7940HS 308

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.49 19.11
Integrated graphics card 16.30 18.32
Physical cores 6 8
Threads 12 16
Chip lithography 6 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 35 Watt

Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U has 133.3% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 9 7940HS, on the other hand, has a 82.2% higher aggregate performance score, 12.4% faster integrated GPU, 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads, and a 50% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 9 7940HS is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U in performance tests.


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