AMD Ryzen 5 7500F vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 7500F, vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 7500F and AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
1819
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
1810
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
13809
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
29604
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
114
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
112
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
847
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
1629
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
3843
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
n/a
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
26844
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
n/a
Integer Math79.3 GOps/sn/a
Floating-Point Math47.2 GOps/sn/a
Prime Number Search200 M primes/sn/a
Random String Sort36 M strings/sn/a
Data Encryption17.5 GB/sn/a
Data Compression306.6 MB/sn/a
Physics1795 frames/sn/a
Extended Instructions228 M matrices/sn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
2766
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
2708
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
13306
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
15317
File Compression1530 MB/s1250 MB/s
Clang Compilation95 KLines/s178.9 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser300.3 pages/s262.1 pages/s
PDF Rendering348.4 MP/sec430 MP/sec
Text Processing295.5 pages/s255 pages/s
Background Blur43.4 frames/s55.9 frames/s
Photo Processing108.3 frames/s94.7 frames/s
Ray Tracing20.4 MP/sec39.9 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
202.93
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
n/a

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 204.7 PPW 278.5 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 413 PPW n/a
Cinebench 2024 / W 13 PPW 29.6 PPW
Blender / W 3.12 PPW n/a

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Announced July, 23, 2023 April, 1, 2025
Type PC use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Raphael) Zen 4 (Dragon Range)
Integrated GPU No Radeon 610M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 16
Threads 12 32
Frequency 3.7 GHz 2.4 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5 GHz 5.3 GHz
General
Cores count616
Threads count1232
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier37x24
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cache32 MB total64 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesYes

Package

Transistor count 6.5 billion n/a
Process tech. 5 nm 5 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W 55 W
Max TDP (Boost) n/a 75 W
Socket AM5 FL1
Critical temp. 95 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-5200 DDR5-5200
Max Size 128 GB 64 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes No

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 28 28
Tech n/a - Compute: AVX-512, BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA
- Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT
- Virtualization: AMD-V
- Security: EVP, NX-Bit, SMAP, SMEP

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