The AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX is a flagship 16-core Dragon Range refresh lineup laptop processor that debuted in April 2025. The product offers 16 SMT-enabled Zen 4 cores (32 threads) running at 2.4 GHz to 5.3 GHz, along with a rather basic Radeon 610M RDNA 2 architecture iGPU. This Ryzen 9 8000 APU is essentially a Ryzen 9 7940HX with the Turbo clock speed increased by 100 MHz.
The 8940HX is composed of three dies made on two different nodes (5 nm for CPU cores; 6 nm for other componentry). It features a very healthy 28 PCIe 5 lanes for connecting graphics cards and SSDs as fast as 15.75 GB/s. The RAM controller is limited to DDR5-5200 or slower; there is no NPU and no Thunderbolt support, the product page on amd.com indicates, but the clock multiplier is unlocked for easy overclocking.
While we have not tested a single system featuring the 8940HX as of April 2025, we do have some Cinebench benchmark scores for the 7940HX. Based on those, the newer Ryzen 9 should have no trouble beating the Core i9-13950HX, Core i9-13980HX and Core i9-14900HX.
That being said, with this many cores the APU will probably do a much better job serving content creators rather than gamers.
Much like the 7940HX, the 8940HX has a base TDP (long-term power limit) of 55 watts that can officially be jacked up to as high as 75 watts. To dissipate 50+ watts, at least one high-RPM fan is needed.
| Codename | Dragon Range refresh (Zen 4) | ||||||||||||||||
| Series | AMD Dragon Range (Zen 4, Ryzen 7X4X/8X4X) | ||||||||||||||||
Series: Dragon Range (Zen 4, Ryzen 7X4X/8X4X) Dragon Range refresh (Zen 4)
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| Clock Rate | 2400 - 5300 MHz | ||||||||||||||||
| Level 1 Cache | 1 MB | ||||||||||||||||
| Level 2 Cache | 16 MB | ||||||||||||||||
| Level 3 Cache | 64 MB | ||||||||||||||||
| Number of Cores / Threads | 16 / 32 16 x 5.3 GHz AMD Zen 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power) | 55 Watt | ||||||||||||||||
| Manufacturing Technology | CCD = 5nm, I/O = 6 nm | ||||||||||||||||
| Socket | FL1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Features | DDR5-5200 RAM, PCIe 5, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME | ||||||||||||||||
| GPU | AMD Radeon 610M ( - 2200 MHz) | ||||||||||||||||
| 64 Bit | 64 Bit support | ||||||||||||||||
| Architecture | x86 | ||||||||||||||||
| Announcement Date | 04/10/2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| Product Link (external) | amd.com | ||||||||||||||||
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