AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
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AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Intel Core i3-6100U. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q1/2023
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
Released
Q3/2015
Overall score
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Intel Core i3-6100U
Intel Core i3-6100U

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS or Intel Core i3-6100U? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS has a maximum frequency of 4.00 GHz. 8 / 16 Cores. Power consumption of 54 W. Released in Q1/2023.

Intel Core i3-6100U has a maximum frequency of 2.30 GHz. 2 Cores. Power consumption of 15 W. Released in Q3/2015.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    37 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 43% better clock speed

    4.00 GHz left arrow 2.30 GHz
  • More number of cores

    6 times more cores

    8 left arrow 2

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    39 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    163 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    24 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
    38 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
    75 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1181 left arrow score
  • Performance per watt

    About 0.28 times less performance per watt

    15 W left arrow 54 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i3-6100U CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    805 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    814 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1016 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    920 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    551 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    590 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    369 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    570 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
    139 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    1008 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
Intel Core i3-6100U Intel Core i3-6100U
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Family
    AMD Ryzen 9 left arrow Intel Core i3
  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 7040 left arrow Intel Core i 6000U
  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Mobile
  • Generation
    6 left arrow 6
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Frequency
    4.00 GHz left arrow 2.30 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    AMD Radeon 780M Graphics left arrow Intel HD Graphics 520
  • GPU frequency
    1.20 GHz left arrow 0.30 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    2.70 GHz left arrow 1.00 GHz
  • Execution units
    12 left arrow 24
  • Shader
    768 left arrow 192
  • Max. GPU Memory
    32 GB left arrow 32 GB
  • Max. displays
    4 left arrow 3
  • Generation
    10 left arrow 9
  • Technology
    4 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Release date
    Q1/2023 left arrow Q3/2015
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    Decode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • AV1
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • AVC
    Decode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-6100U and AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR5-5600LPDDR5X-7500 left arrow DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMMDDR4-2133LPDDR3-1866
  • Max. Memory
    256 GB left arrow 32 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 (Dual Channel) left arrow 2
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS and Intel Core i3-6100U to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP down
    35 W left arrow 7.5 W
  • Tjunction max.
    100 °C left arrow 100 °C
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS and AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Technology
    4 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Socket
    FP8 left arrow BGA 1356
  • L2-Cache
    8.00 MB left arrow --
  • L3-Cache
    16.00 MB left arrow 3.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Phoenix (Zen 4) left arrow Skylake U
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
  • Release date
    Q1/2023 left arrow Q3/2015
  • Part Number
    100-000001128 left arrow --

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS and Intel Core i3-6100U.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games
4300
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
384
Intel Core i3-6100U

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