AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX — Specifications and Blender benchmarks

Specifications Benchmarks Synonyms

Specifications

Technical data

CPU generation and family

Family
Ryzen
Form Factor
Laptops / Desktops
Name
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
Segment
Mobile
Series
Ryzen 8000 Series

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
CPU Cores
16
CPU Threads
32
Max. Boost Clock
5.3 GHz
Overclocking
Yes

Internal Graphics

GPU Frequency
2200 MHz
GPU name
AMD Radeon 610M
Graphics Cores
2

Memory & PCIe

Memory channels
2
Memory type
DDR5
PCIe
PCIe 5.0

Thermal Management

Configurable TDP
55-75 W
Default TDP
55 W
Maximum Operating Temperature
100 °C

Technical details

Codename
Dragon Range
L2-Cache
16 MB
L3-Cache
64 MB
Release date
2025-04-23
Socket
FL1
Technology
TSMC 5nm FinFET

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

No data

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPU

Published results: 3

Blender Cycles

Each row uses one Blender version, operating system and compute backend.

Test and settings	AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
Blender 5.1.0 / CPU / Windows	444.767794 samples/min Submissions: 6
Blender 5.1.1 / CPU / Windows	467.137226 samples/min Submissions: 10
Blender 5.2.0 / CPU / Windows	483.484964 samples/min Submissions: 15

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

Cinebench 2024 / multiple threads

Result	Reported conditions
1717 points	System: MSI Crosshair A17 HX D8WGKG via MSI Deutschland CPU / power label: R9 8940HX 108 W / 90 W Graphics: GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop 115 W 1545 / 1500 MHz 8 GB RAM: 32 GB Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench 2024 / single thread

Result	Reported conditions
114 points	System: MSI Crosshair A17 HX D8WGKG via MSI Deutschland CPU / power label: R9 8940HX 108 W / 90 W Graphics: GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop 115 W 1545 / 1500 MHz 8 GB RAM: 32 GB Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 32 threads / windows

Result	Reported conditions
18066.52093 H/s	RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 32 threads / windows System RAM: 32 GB OS: Windows NT 10.0 Motherboard: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. / FA608PP Duration: 55.351 s User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

Cinebench R23 / multiple threads

Result	Reported conditions
32521 points	System: MSI Crosshair A17 HX D8WGKG via MSI Deutschland CPU / power label: R9 8940HX 108 W / 90 W Graphics: GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop 115 W 1545 / 1500 MHz 8 GB RAM: 32 GB Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R23 / single thread

Result	Reported conditions
1930 points	System: MSI Crosshair A17 HX D8WGKG via MSI Deutschland CPU / power label: R9 8940HX 108 W / 90 W Graphics: GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop 115 W 1545 / 1500 MHz 8 GB RAM: 32 GB Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R20 / multiple threads

Result	Reported conditions
12720 points	System: MSI Crosshair A17 HX D8WGKG via MSI Deutschland CPU / power label: R9 8940HX 108 W / 90 W Graphics: GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop 115 W 1545 / 1500 MHz 8 GB RAM: 32 GB Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R20 / single thread

Result	Reported conditions
747 points	System: MSI Crosshair A17 HX D8WGKG via MSI Deutschland CPU / power label: R9 8940HX 108 W / 90 W Graphics: GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop 115 W 1545 / 1500 MHz 8 GB RAM: 32 GB Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R15 / multiple threads

Result	Reported conditions
5406 points	System: MSI Crosshair A17 HX D8WGKG via MSI Deutschland CPU / power label: R9 8940HX 108 W / 90 W Graphics: GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop 115 W 1545 / 1500 MHz 8 GB RAM: 32 GB Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R15 / single thread

Result	Reported conditions
290 points	System: MSI Crosshair A17 HX D8WGKG via MSI Deutschland CPU / power label: R9 8940HX 108 W / 90 W Graphics: GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop 115 W 1545 / 1500 MHz 8 GB RAM: 32 GB Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.