AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS, vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS 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 7840HS
1793
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
1810
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
17088
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
29604
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
101
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
112
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
944
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
1629
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
3772
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
n/a
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
28807
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
n/a
Integer Math99.4 GOps/sn/a
Floating-Point Math60.4 GOps/sn/a
Prime Number Search89 M primes/sn/a
Random String Sort40.3 M strings/sn/a
Data Encryption20.8 GB/sn/a
Data Compression348.1 MB/sn/a
Physics1385 frames/sn/a
Extended Instructions259 M matrices/sn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
2577
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
2708
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
12085
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
15317
File Compression1120 MB/s1250 MB/s
Clang Compilation102.5 KLines/s178.9 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser217.2 pages/s262.1 pages/s
PDF Rendering350 MP/sec430 MP/sec
Text Processing251.8 pages/s255 pages/s
Background Blur59.4 frames/s55.9 frames/s
Photo Processing87.6 frames/s94.7 frames/s
Ray Tracing22.5 MP/sec39.9 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
218.59
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
n/a

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 223.8 PPW 278.5 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 533.5 PPW n/a
Cinebench 2024 / W 17.5 PPW 29.6 PPW
Blender / W 4.05 PPW n/a

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Announced January, 4, 2023 April, 1, 2025
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Phoenix) Zen 4 (Dragon Range)
Integrated GPU Radeon 780M Radeon 610M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 16
Threads 16 32
Frequency 3.8 GHz 2.4 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.1 GHz 5.3 GHz
General
Cores count816
Threads count1632
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier38x24
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cache16 MB total64 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Package

Transistor count 25 billion n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Power (TDP) 35-54 W 55 W
Max TDP (Boost) n/a 75 W
Socket FP8 FL1
Critical temp. 100 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
DDR5-5200
Max Size 256 GB 64 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes No

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 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

Note

AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS:

DDR5 memory is supported only on the FP7r2 socket, while FP7 and FP8 sockets support LPDDR5/x. ECC support is available exclusively on the FP7r2 socket.

Results

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