AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
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AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q1/2023
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
Released
Q4/2020
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS or AMD Ryzen 5 5600X? 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.

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X has a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. 6 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q4/2020.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    37 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 8% better clock speed

    4.00 GHz left arrow 3.70 GHz
  • More number of cores

    2 times more cores

    8 left arrow 6
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 12% better overclocked clock speed

    5.20 GHz left arrow 4.60 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    54 W left arrow 65 W

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
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    153 left arrow score

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 5600X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    86 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    160 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    68 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    140 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    35 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    149 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    192 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    301 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    43 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    193 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
    132 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
CPU family and group

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

  • Family
    AMD Ryzen 9 left arrow AMD Ryzen
  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 7040 left arrow AMD Ryzen 5000
  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Generation
    6 left arrow 4
  • Predecessor
    -- left arrow AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
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 Yes
  • Frequency
    4.00 GHz left arrow 3.70 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 no iGPU
  • GPU frequency
    1.20 GHz left arrow
  • GPU (Turbo)
    2.70 GHz left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    12 left arrow
  • Shader
    768 left arrow
  • Max. GPU Memory
    32 GB left arrow --
  • Max. displays
    4 left arrow
  • Generation
    10 left arrow
  • Technology
    4 nm left arrow
  • Release date
    Q1/2023 left arrow
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 No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • VP8
    Decode left arrow No
  • VP9
    Decode left arrow No
  • AV1
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • AVC
    Decode left arrow No
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow No
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR5-5600LPDDR5X-7500 left arrow DDR4-3200
  • Max. Memory
    256 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 (Dual Channel) left arrow 2
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS and AMD Ryzen 5 5600X to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP down
    35 W left arrow --
  • Tjunction max.
    100 °C left arrow 95 °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 7 nm
  • Socket
    FP8 left arrow AM4
  • L2-Cache
    8.00 MB left arrow 3.00 MB
  • L3-Cache
    16.00 MB left arrow 32.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Phoenix (Zen 4) left arrow Vermeer (Zen 3)
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • 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 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • Release date
    Q1/2023 left arrow Q4/2020
  • Part Number
    100-000001128 left arrow 100-000000065

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 AMD Ryzen 5 5600X.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
1974
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
1572
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
11600
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
8420
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

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