Ryzen 9 8940HX: specs and benchmarks

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Ryzen 9 8940HX
2025
16 cores / 32 threads, 55 Watt
34.08

Ryzen 9 8940HX provides good benchmark performance at 34.08% of a leader's which is a 192-core EPYC 9965.

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 ranking134
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentLaptop
Power efficiency59.77of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme)
DesignerAMD
ManufacturerTSMC
Architecture codenameDragon Range (2025)
Release date23 April 2025 (less than a year ago)

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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads32
Base clock speed2.4 GHzof 4.7 GHz (Ryzen 9 7900X)
Boost clock speed5.3 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache64 KB (per core)of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache64 MB (shared)of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography5 nmof 3 nm (EPYC 9965)
Die size2x 71 mm2
Number of transistors13,140 millionof 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 configuration1of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H)
SocketFL1
Power consumption (TDP)55 Wattof 500 Watt (EPYC 9965)

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 typesDDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Ryzen 9 8940HX.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon 610M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version5.0
PCI Express lanes28of 128 (EPYC 9965)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Ryzen 9 8940HX. 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.

Ryzen 9 8940HX 34.08

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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.

Ryzen 9 8940HX 54790

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Ryzen 9 8940HX's performance relative to its closest rivals among notebook CPUs.


Ryzen 9 8940HX 100

Intel equivalent

According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to Ryzen 9 8940HX is Core Ultra 7 255HX, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 4 positions in our ranking.

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