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AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Ryzen 9 7945HX Dragon Range CPU

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.

Performance

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.

Power consumption

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.

CodenameDragon Range refresh (Zen 4)
SeriesAMD Dragon Range

Series: Dragon Range Dragon Range refresh (Zen 4)

AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX « 2.4 - 5.3 GHz16 / 32 cores64 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 8840HX compare2.9 - 5.1 GHz12 / 24 cores64 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX compare2.5 - 5.4 GHz16 / 32 cores64 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 8745HX compare3.6 - 5.1 GHz8 / 16 cores32 MB L3
Clock Rate2400 - 5300 MHz
Level 1 Cache1 MB
Level 2 Cache16 MB
Level 3 Cache64 MB
Number of Cores / Threads16 / 32
16 x 5.3 GHz AMD Zen 4
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)55 Watt
Manufacturing TechnologyCCD = 5nm, I/O = 6 nm
SocketFL1
FeaturesDDR5-5200 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
GPUAMD Radeon 610M ( - 2200 MHz)
64 Bit64 Bit support
Architecturex86
Announcement Date04/10/2025
Product Link (external)amd.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU
45.5 pt (76%)
AMD E1-2100
2.32 -95%
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Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
43.2 -5%
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
43.2 -5%
AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 390
43.4 -5%
Intel Core Ultra X9 388H
43.9 -4%
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX
44.1 -3%
Intel Core i7-14700HX
44.3 -3%
Intel Core i9-13900HX
45 -1%
Intel Core i9-13950HX
45.1 -1%
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 395
45.4 0%
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
45.5
Intel Core i9-13980HX
46 1%
Intel Core i9-14900HX
46.6 2%
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
46.8 3%
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395
46.9 3%
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX
46.9 3%
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D
47.4 4%
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
48.2 6%
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX
48.4 6%
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
49.5 9%
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AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX
49.9 10%
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX
60.1 32%
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Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Single Core
114 Points (57%)
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Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Multi Core
1717 Points (32%)
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Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 27145     avg: 29833     median: 29833 (28%)     max: 32521 Points
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Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1917     avg: 1924     median: 1923.5 (78%)     max: 1930 Points
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Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 745     avg: 746     median: 746 (81%)     max: 747 Points
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Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 10439     avg: 11580     median: 11579.5 (28%)     max: 12720 Points
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Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 4296     avg: 4851     median: 4851 (31%)     max: 5406 Points
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Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 290     avg: 291     median: 291 (81%)     max: 292 Points
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Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
61 Points (79%)
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Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
3.6 Points (86%)
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Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
8248 points (50%)
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Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
67137 points (49%)
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WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
13544 points (21%)
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7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multi Thread 4 runs
min: 103455     avg: 118315     median: 118315 (68%)     max: 133175 MIPS
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7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 7360     avg: 7384     median: 7383.5 (87%)     max: 7407 MIPS
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X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
241.9 fps (6%)
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X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
358.1 fps (9%)
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HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 25.7     avg: 31     median: 31 (54%)     max: 36.2 fps
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TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
2.5 GB/s (74%)
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TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
3.9 GB/s (67%)
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TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
27.7 GB/s (72%)
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Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
195 Seconds (2%)
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Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 101     avg: 108.5     median: 108.5 (1%)     max: 116 Seconds
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R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.4215     avg: 0.4     median: 0.4 (9%)     max: 0.4334 sec
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Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
6.3 s (1%)
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Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
14.2 s (1%)
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Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
342.8 s (2%)
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 21848     avg: 24803     median: 24802.5 (61%)     max: 27757 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 19006     avg: 20537     median: 20537 (52%)     max: 22068 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 32671     avg: 35220     median: 35220 (63%)     max: 37769 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 10608     avg: 11536     median: 11536 (49%)     max: 12464 Points
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Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 Single-Core
min: 2767     avg: 2806     median: 2816 (65%)     max: 2835 points
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Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 Multi-Core
min: 11447     avg: 14666     median: 16188 (63%)     max: 16362 points
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Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1925     avg: 1943     median: 1943 (65%)     max: 1961 points
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Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 13357     avg: 16389     median: 16389 (29%)     max: 19421 points
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Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
7589 points (84%)
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Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
76142 points (100%)
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Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 507     avg: 508     median: 508 (1%)     max: 509 ms
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WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
min: 230     avg: 241.5     median: 241.5 (63%)     max: 253 Points
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WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 274     avg: 298     median: 298 (54%)     max: 322 Points
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CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 1903     avg: 1940     median: 1940 (71%)     max: 1977 Points
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Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 95     avg: 120.8     median: 120.8 (21%)     max: 146.5 Watt
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Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
103.2 Watt (19%)
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Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 26.4     avg: 28.6     median: 28.6 (19%)     max: 30.8 Watt
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Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 17.1     avg: 26.3     median: 26.3 (19%)     max: 35.5 Watt
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Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Cinebench R15 Multi external Monitor
41.6 Points per Watt (31%)
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Other CPUs of the series Dragon Range

» AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
   16x 2.5 GHz - 5.4 GHz
» AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX
   16x 2.5 GHz - 5.4 GHz
» AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
   16x 2.5 GHz - 5.4 GHz
» AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D
   16x 2.3 GHz - 5.4 GHz
» AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX
   12x 3 GHz - 5.2 GHz
» AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX
   16x 2.4 GHz - 5.2 GHz
» AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
   16x 2.4 GHz - 5.3 GHz
» AMD Ryzen 7 8840HX
   12x 2.9 GHz - 5.1 GHz
» AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
   16x 2.5 GHz - 5.4 GHz
» AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX
   12x 3 GHz - 5.2 GHz
» AMD Ryzen 9 7840HX
   12x 2.9 GHz - 5.1 GHz
» AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX
   8x 3.6 GHz - 5.1 GHz
» AMD Ryzen 7 8745HX
   8x 3.6 GHz - 5.1 GHz
» AMD Ryzen 5 7645HX
   6x 4 GHz - 5 GHz

Surrounding CPUs

+ Apple M3 Max 16-Core
   16x 2.75 GHz - 4.06 GHz
+ Intel Core i7-13850HX
   20x 1.5 GHz - 5.3 GHz
+ Intel Core i9-13900HX
   24x 1.6 GHz - 5.4 GHz
+ Intel Core i9-13950HX
   24x 1.6 GHz - 5.5 GHz
+ AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
   8x 3.6 GHz - 5 GHz
» AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
   16x 2.4 GHz - 5.3 GHz
- AMD Ryzen 7 8840HX
   12x 2.9 GHz - 5.1 GHz
- Intel Core Ultra X9 388H
   16x 1.6 GHz - 5.1 GHz
- Apple M3 Max 14-Core
   14x 2.75 GHz - 4.06 GHz
- Intel Core i7-14700HX
   20x 3.9 GHz - 5.5 GHz
- AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 390
   12x 3.2 GHz - 5 GHz
Klaus Hinum (Update: 2026-01- 8)