AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS vs AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, vs AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS and AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
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 9 7940HS
1829
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
n/a
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
17497
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
n/a
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
107
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
119
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
966
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
1241
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
3882
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
n/a
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
30155
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
n/a
Integer Math103.4 GOps/s131.4 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math63.1 GOps/s82.9 GOps/s
Prime Number Search92 M primes/s136 M primes/s
Random String Sort42.2 M strings/s52.2 M strings/s
Data Encryption21.9 GB/s23.9 GB/s
Data Compression366.8 MB/s493.1 MB/s
Physics1450 frames/s1942 frames/s
Extended Instructions276 M matrices/s351 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
2469
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
n/a
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
11631
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
n/a
File Compression962.5 MB/s1330 MB/s
Clang Compilation101.4 KLines/s132.1 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser211.8 pages/s343.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering326.9 MP/sec503.3 MP/sec
Text Processing260.3 pages/s310.1 pages/s
Background Blur53.8 frames/s65.2 frames/s
Photo Processing87.4 frames/s140.5 frames/s
Ray Tracing22.5 MP/sec31.3 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
225.69
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
217.38

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 215.4 PPW 296.7 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 558.4 PPW 707.6 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 17.9 PPW 23 PPW
Blender / W 4.18 PPW 4.03 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Announced January, 4, 2023 January, 5, 2026
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Phoenix) Zen 5 (Gorgon Point)
Model number n/a 470
Integrated GPU Radeon 780M Radeon 890M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 4
Threads 16 8
Frequency 4.0 GHz 2.0 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.2 GHz 5.2 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a8
Threadsn/a16
Frequencyn/a2.0 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a3.3 GHz
General
Cores count812
Threads count1624
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier40x20x
L1 cache64 KB/core80 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cache16 MB total24 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count 25 billion n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 35-54 W 15-54 W
Socket FP8 FP8
Critical temp. 100 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
- DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8533
Max Size 256 GB 256 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth n/a 89.6 GB

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 16

Note

AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS:

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.

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