AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Intel Core i5-1230U. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 7040 Intel Core i 1200P/1200U
• Family
  Ryzen Intel Core i5
• Form Factor
  Laptops / Desktops -
• Generation
  6 12
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Series
  Ryzen 7000 Series -

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  4 GHz 1 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• Core Configuration
  8x Zen 4 -
• CPU Cores
  8 10
• CPU Threads
  16 12
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Max. Boost Clock
  5.2 GHz -
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  5.2 GHz 4.4 GHz
• A-Core
  - 2x Golden Cove
• B-Core
  - 8x Gracemont
• Turbo Frequency (10 Cores)
  - 2.2 GHz

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

• DirectX Version
  12 12.1
• Execution units
  12 80
• Generation
  10 13
• GPU Frequency
  2800 MHz 250 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon 780M Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake)
• GPU Turbo
  2700 MHz 900 MHz
• Graphics Cores
  12 -
• Max. displays
  4 4
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB 64 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2023 Q1/2022
• Shader
  768 640
• Technology
  4 nm 10 nm

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

• AV1
  Decode / Encode Decode
• H.264 / AVC
  Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• VP9
  Decode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-1230U and AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  256 GB 64 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  89.6 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR5 (FP7r2) / LPDDR5X (FP7-FP8) DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200
• PCIe
  PCIe 4.0 4.0 x 28

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS and Intel Core i5-1230U Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Configurable TDP
  35-54 W -
• Default TDP
  35-54 W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
  54 W -
• TDP (PL2)
  - 29 W
• TDP down
  35 W -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  - 9 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS and Intel Core i5-1230U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Phoenix (Zen 4) Alder Lake U
• Chip design
  Monolithic -
• Codename
  Phoenix -
• Documents
  Technical data sheet -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  8 MB 6.5 MB
• L3-Cache
  16 MB 12 MB
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux -
• Part Number
  100-000001128 -
• Release date
  2023-04-30 Q1/2022
• Socket
  FP7 / FP7r2 / FP8 BGA 1744
• Technology
  TSMC 4nm FinFET 10 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d