Ryzen 9 7940H: specs and benchmarks

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Ryzen 9 7940H
2023
8 cores / 16 threads
19.69

It provides poor benchmark performance at 19.69% of a leader's which is Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.

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Summary

AMD started Ryzen 9 7940H sales on January 2023. This is a Phoenix architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 8 cores and 16 threads, and is based on 4 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 5200 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket FP8 processor with a TDP of 35 Watt. It supports DDR5-5600 memory.

General info

Ryzen 9 7940H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance ranking252
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentLaptop
Architecture codenamePhoenix
Release dateJanuary 2023 (1 year ago)

Technical specs

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores8 (Octa-Core)
Threads16
Base clock speed4 GHzof 4.7 (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed5.2 GHzof 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache64K (per core)of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)of 96 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)of 768 (EPYC 7373X)
Chip lithography4 nmof 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size178 mm2
Number of transistors25,000 millionof 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility+
Unlocked multiplierNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 7940H compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 configuration1of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketFP8
Power consumption (TDP)35 Wattof 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 7940H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+
AVX+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

AMD-V+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 7940H's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-5600

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Ryzen 9 7940H.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon 780M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version4.0of 5 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes20of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Ryzen 9 7940H. Overall benchmark performance 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 9 7940H 19.69

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Ryzen 9 7940H 30710

Gaming performance

Relative performance

Overall Ryzen 9 7940H performance compared to nearest competitors among notebook CPUs.


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Intel equivalent

According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to Ryzen 9 7940H is Core i7-12850HX, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 2 positions in our ranking.

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Here are some closest Intel rivals to Ryzen 9 7940H:

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Similar processors

Here is our recommendation of several processors that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.

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Recommended GPUs

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