Intel Core i7 13620H vs AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.4 GHz Intel Core i7 13620H with 10-cores against the 4.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS with 8-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 7940HS and 13620H
Advantages of Intel Core i7 13620H
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
  • More powerful Radeon 780M integrated graphics: 4.3 vs 1.5 TFLOPS
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 10 nanometers
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.2 GHz vs 4.9 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)
12296
File compression 1100 MB/sec 962.5 MB/sec
Clang compilation 86.7 Klines/sec 101.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 293.8 pages/sec 211.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 338.2 Mpixels/sec 326.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 251.9 pages/sec 260.3 pages/sec
Background blur 52.1 images/sec 53.8 images/sec
Photo processing 107.8 images/sec 87.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 20 Mpixels/sec 22.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 978 & 569 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 79.1 GOps/sec 102.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 58.1 GOps/sec 62.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 94M Primes/sec 90M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 28.5M Strings/sec 42.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 15 GBytes/sec 21.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 270 MBytes/sec 360.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 1561 Frames/sec 1427 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.8B Matrices/sec 27.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 7401 & 2780 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 18.1 PPW 17.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 273.2 PPW 215.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 516.7 PPW 551.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.12 PPW 4.18 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
Intel Core i7 13620H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-20 (Texar)Cinebench 2026531 / 1297
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-17 (kam)Geekbench 6 CPU2647 / 13329
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-03 (Sus Go0d)Geekbench 6 CPU2523 / 11616
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-23 (Gigant)Geekbench 6 CPU2644 / 11794
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-23 (Gigant)Cinebench 2024113 / 914
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

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 13620H and AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 3, 2023 January 4, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Model number i7-13620H -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (64EU) Radeon 780M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS - Intel Core i9 13900H
Successor - Intel Core 7 240H - AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
Intel CPU rating (#122nd place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#66th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 12 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.4 GHz 4.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 5.2 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.6 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 10 8
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 24x 40x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 25 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 35-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP8
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (161st and 106th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (64EU) Radeon 780M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 2800 MHz
Shading Units 512 768
TMUs 32 48
ROPs 16 32
Execution Units 64 12
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
1.5 TFLOPS
4.3 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR5x-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
- DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 13620H official page AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 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.

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