i5-8550 vs Ryzen 9 7940HX

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Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking165not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Dragon Range (Zen 4, Ryzen 7045)Intel Core i5
Power efficiency23.45no data
DesignerAMDIntel
ManufacturerTSMCIntel
Architecture codenameDragon Range-HX (Zen 4) (2023−2024)Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release date17 January 2024 (1 year ago)1 September 2018 (7 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 7940HX and Core i5-8550 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads326
Base clock speed2.4 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed5.2 GHz4.3 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cache64 MB (shared)9 MB (shared)
Chip lithography5 nm14 nm
Die size2x 71 mm2126 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors13,140 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 7940HX and Core i5-8550 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFL11151
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 7940HX and Core i5-8550. 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, AVX-512, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEno data
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Precision Boost 2+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 7940HX and Core i5-8550 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 7940HX and Core i5-8550. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data42.671 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon 610M (400 - 2200 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 630

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 7940HX and Core i5-8550.

PCIe version5.03.0
PCI Express lanes28no data

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 2.49 2.70
Recency 17 January 2024 1 September 2018
Physical cores 16 6
Threads 32 6
Chip lithography 5 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 65 Watt

Ryzen 9 7940HX has an age advantage of 5 years, 166.7% more physical cores and 433.3% more threads, a 180% more advanced lithography process, and 18.2% lower power consumption.

i5-8550, on the other hand, has 8.4% faster integrated GPU.

We couldn't decide between AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX and Intel Core i5-8550. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Ryzen 9 7940HX is a notebook processor while Core i5-8550 is a desktop one.

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