AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX: specs and benchmarks
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Summary
AMD started Ryzen 9 8940HX sales 23 April 2025. This is a Dragon Range architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at home systems. It has 16 cores and 32 threads, and is based on 5 nm manufacturing technology, with a max turbo frequency of 5300 MHz and an unlocked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket FL1 processor with a TDP of 55 Watt. It supports DDR5 memory.
Primary details
Ryzen 9 8940HX processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Designer | AMD | |
| Manufacturer | TSMC | |
| Architecture codename | Dragon Range (2025) | |
| Release date | 23 April 2025 (recently) |
Detailed specifications
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 cores | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) | |
| Threads | 32 | |
| Base clock speed | 2.4 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 5.3 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 64 MB (shared) | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 5 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 2x 71 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 13,140 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Unlocked multiplier | + |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 9 8940HX 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 configuration | 1 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | FL1 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 55 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 8940HX. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + | |
| Precision Boost 2 | + |
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 8940HX's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Ryzen 9 8940HX.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon 610M |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 5.0 | |
| PCI Express lanes | 28 | of 128 (EPYC 7551P) |
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