AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX, vs AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX and AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
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 9955HX
2155
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
1829
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX
35872
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
17497
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX
129
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
107
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX
2058
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
966
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX
n/a
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
3882
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX
n/a
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
30155
Integer Mathn/a103.4 GOps/s
Floating-Point Mathn/a63.1 GOps/s
Prime Number Searchn/a92 M primes/s
Random String Sortn/a42.2 M strings/s
Data Encryptionn/a21.9 GB/s
Data Compressionn/a366.8 MB/s
Physicsn/a1450 frames/s
Extended Instructionsn/a276 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX
3230
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
2469
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX
19563
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
11631
File Compressionn/a962.5 MB/s
Clang Compilationn/a101.4 KLines/s
HTML5 Browsern/a211.8 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a326.9 MP/sec
Text Processingn/a260.3 pages/s
Background Blurn/a53.8 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a87.4 frames/s
Ray Tracingn/a22.5 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX
n/a
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
225.69

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 260.8 PPW 215.4 PPW
PassMark CPU / W n/a 558.4 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 27.4 PPW 17.9 PPW
Blender / W n/a 4.18 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 4, 2023
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Fire Range) Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Model number 9955HX n/a
Integrated GPU Radeon 610M Radeon 780M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 16 8
Threads 32 16
Frequency 2.5 GHz 4.0 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.4 GHz 5.2 GHz
General
Cores count168
Threads count3216
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier25x40x
L1 cache80 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cache64 MB total16 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Transistor count n/a 25 billion
Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 55-75 W 35-54 W
Max TDP (Boost) 101 W n/a
Socket FL1 FP8
Critical temp. 100 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-5600 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Max Size 96 GB 256 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 28 20

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.

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX the clear winner in this comparison.

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