Intel Core 5 210H vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core 5 210H, vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core 5 210H 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)
Intel Core 5 210H
1684
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
1810
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core 5 210H
12891
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
29604
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core 5 210H
97
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
112
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core 5 210H
641
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
1629
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Intel Core 5 210H
3809
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
n/a
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Intel Core 5 210H
19630
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
n/a
Integer Math65.6 GOps/sn/a
Floating-Point Math48.5 GOps/sn/a
Prime Number Search54 M primes/sn/a
Random String Sort25.1 M strings/sn/a
Data Encryption13 GB/sn/a
Data Compression231.2 MB/sn/a
Physics1081 frames/sn/a
Extended Instructions142 M matrices/sn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core 5 210H
2183
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
2708
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core 5 210H
10001
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
15317
File Compression941.5 MB/s1250 MB/s
Clang Compilation67.4 KLines/s178.9 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser244.4 pages/s262.1 pages/s
PDF Rendering265.6 MP/sec430 MP/sec
Text Processing225 pages/s255 pages/s
Background Blur46.8 frames/s55.9 frames/s
Photo Processing107 frames/s94.7 frames/s
Ray Tracing15.5 MP/sec39.9 MP/sec

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 222.2 PPW 278.5 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 436.2 PPW n/a
Cinebench 2024 / W 14.2 PPW 29.6 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Intel AMD
Announced December, 18, 2024 April, 1, 2025
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Zen 4 (Dragon Range)
Model number 210H n/a
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48EU) Radeon 610M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 4 16
Threads 8 32
Frequency 2.2 GHz 2.4 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.8 GHz 5.3 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores4n/a
Threads4n/a
Frequency1.6 GHzn/a
Max Frequency (Turbo)3.6 GHzn/a
General
Cores count816
Threads count1232
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier22x24
L1 cache80 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache2000 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cache12 MB total64 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Package

Process tech. 10 nm 5 nm
Power (TDP) 35-45 W 55 W
Max TDP (Boost) 115 W 75 W
Socket BGA-1744 FL1
Critical temp. 100 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR5x-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
DDR5-5200
Max Size 96 GB 64 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No 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

Results

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

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