AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Ryzen 5 7640HS

60 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
VS
56 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 4.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS with 8-cores against the 4.3 GHz Ryzen 5 7640HS with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7640HS and 7940HS
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
  • More powerful Radeon 780M integrated graphics: 4.3 vs 2.7 TFLOPS
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.2 GHz vs 5 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#174th place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
11631
File compression 962.5 MB/sec 1000 MB/sec
Clang compilation 101.4 Klines/sec 76.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 211.8 pages/sec 188.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 326.9 Mpixels/sec 254.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 260.3 pages/sec 263.2 pages/sec
Background blur 53.8 images/sec 52.6 images/sec
Photo processing 87.4 images/sec 75.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 22.5 Mpixels/sec 17.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 569 & 756 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
29783
Integer math 102.1 GOps/sec 72.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 62.3 GOps/sec 44.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 90M Primes/sec 78M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 42.5M Strings/sec 31.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 21.5 GBytes/sec 15.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 360.4 MBytes/sec 263.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 1427 Frames/sec 1158 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 27.2B Matrices/sec 20B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2780 & 993 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
225.69

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 17.3 PPW 13.7 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 215.4 PPW 188.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 551.5 PPW 419.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.18 PPW 3 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-09 (chrisg)Cinebench 2024105 / 873
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-19 (Phillywilly2000)Cinebench 2024102 / 906
πŸ“˜ 2025-07-14 (GlancingOcean)Cinebench 202470 / 677
πŸ“˜ 2025-05-13 (antoooooo)Cinebench 2024109 / 1009
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-08 (ζ²§ζ΅·)Geekbench 6 CPU2614 / 12911
AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-23 (Jakabfi Zsolt)Cinebench 2024102 / 739

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS and Ryzen 5 7640HS

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released January 4, 2023 January 4, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Phoenix) Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Integrated GPU Radeon 780M Radeon 760M
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i9 13900H - Intel Core i5 13420H
Successor - AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 - AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (66th and 87th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (P) 4.0 GHz 4.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.2 GHz 5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 6
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 40x 43x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 25 billions 25 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-54 W (configurable) 35-54 W (configurable)
Socket FP8 FP8
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (106th and 144th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 780M Radeon 760M
GPU Base Clock 800 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2800 MHz 2600 MHz
Shading Units 768 512
TMUs 48 32
ROPs 32 16
Execution Units 12 8
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
4.3 TFLOPS
2.7 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
- DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS official page AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20
Further details
Notes on Ryzen 9 7940HS:
    - DDR5 memory is supported only on the FP7r2 socket, while FP7 and FP8 sockets support LPDDR5/x.
    - ECC support is available exclusively on the FP7r2 socket.
Notes on Ryzen 5 7640HS:
    - ECC support is available exclusively on the FP7r2 socket.

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