AMD Ryzen 7 5700X vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X, vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 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 7 5700X
1510
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
1810
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
14077
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
29604
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
92
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
112
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
801
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
1629
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
3383
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
n/a
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
26627
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
n/a
Integer Math92.9 GOps/sn/a
Floating-Point Math51.8 GOps/sn/a
Prime Number Search120 M primes/sn/a
Random String Sort33.5 M strings/sn/a
Data Encryption20.2 GB/sn/a
Data Compression323.6 MB/sn/a
Physics1341 frames/sn/a
Extended Instructions217 M matrices/sn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
2166
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
2708
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
10313
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
15317
File Compression1060 MB/s1250 MB/s
Clang Compilation78.8 KLines/s178.9 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser209.4 pages/s262.1 pages/s
PDF Rendering307.8 MP/sec430 MP/sec
Text Processing217.9 pages/s255 pages/s
Background Blur41.4 frames/s55.9 frames/s
Photo Processing76.8 frames/s94.7 frames/s
Ray Tracing18.6 MP/sec39.9 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
205.55
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
n/a

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 158.7 PPW 278.5 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 409.6 PPW n/a
Cinebench 2024 / W 12.3 PPW 29.6 PPW
Blender / W 3.16 PPW n/a

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Announced March, 15, 2022 April, 1, 2025
Type PC use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Vermeer) Zen 4 (Dragon Range)
Integrated GPU No Radeon 610M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 16
Threads 16 32
Frequency 3.4 GHz 2.4 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.6 GHz 5.3 GHz
General
Cores count816
Threads count1632
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier34x24
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cache32 MB total64 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesYes

Package

Process tech. 7 nm 5 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W 55 W
Max TDP (Boost) n/a 75 W
Socket AM4 FL1
Critical temp. 90 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR4-3200 DDR5-5200
Max Size 128 GB 64 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes No
Max memory bandwidth 51.2 GB n/a

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 24 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

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX the clear winner in this comparison.

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