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 Series: Dragon Range Dragon Range refresh (Zen 4) 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 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
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU
Cinebench 2026 - Cinebench 2026 CPU Single Thread
Cinebench 2026 - Cinebench 2026 CPU Multi
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Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Single Core
min: 113.2 avg: 113.6 median: 113.6 (14%) max: 114 Points
Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Multi Core
min: 1717 avg: 1727 median: 1726.5 (32%) max: 1736 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 27145 avg: 30804 median: 32521 (30%) max: 32745 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 90 W TDP 102 W 83% 99% 100%
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1886 avg: 1911 median: 1917 (78%) max: 1930 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 90 W TDP 102 W 99% 100% 98%
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 736 avg: 743 median: 745 (80%) max: 747 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 90 W TDP 102 W 100% 100% 99%
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 10439 avg: 11981 median: 12720 (31%) max: 12785 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 90 W TDP 102 W 82% 99% 100%
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 4296 avg: 5019 median: 5355 (34%) max: 5406 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 90 W TDP 102 W 79% 100% 99%
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MSI Crosshair A16 HX E8WGK: Ø5290 (5233.55-5355.47)
MSI Crosshair A17 HX D8WGKG: Ø5221 (5186.05-5406.14)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 290 avg: 294.3 median: 292 (80%) max: 301 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 90 W TDP 102 W 97% 96% 100%
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
AMD Geode LX 800
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Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multi Thread 4 runs
min: 103455 avg: 124758 median: 133175 (76%) max: 137645 MIPS
CPU TDP ? TDP 90 W TDP 102 W 75% 97% 100%
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 7220 avg: 7329 median: 7360 (84%) max: 7407 MIPS
CPU TDP ? TDP 90 W TDP 102 W 100% 99% 97%
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AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 25.7 avg: 32.5 median: 35.7 (63%) max: 36.2 fps
CPU TDP ? TDP 90 W TDP 102 W 71% 100% 99%
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 Tooltip HP Omen 16-ap0091ng: Ø24.3 (0.71-25.5)
MSI Crosshair A16 HX E8WGK: Ø33.2 (0.68-35.4)
MSI Crosshair A17 HX D8WGKG: Ø35.6 (1.63-40)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
min: 150 avg: 172.5 median: 172.5 (2%) max: 195 Seconds
CPU TDP ? TDP 102 W 100% 101%
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 96 avg: 104.3 median: 101 (1%) max: 116 Seconds
CPU TDP ? TDP 90 W TDP 102 W 100% 100% 100%
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.4215 avg: 0.4 median: 0.4 (9%) max: 0.4334 sec
CPU TDP ? TDP 90 W TDP 102 W 100% 100% 100%
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 21848 avg: 25282 median: 26242 (65%) max: 27757 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 90 W TDP 102 W 79% 100% 95%
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 19006 avg: 20965 median: 21820 (55%) max: 22068 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 90 W TDP 102 W 86% 100% 99%
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 32671 avg: 36077 median: 37769 (67%) max: 37790 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 90 W TDP 102 W 86% 100% 100%
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 10608 avg: 12075 median: 12464 (53%) max: 13154 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 90 W TDP 102 W 81% 95% 100%
Geekbench 6.7 - Geekbench 6.7.1 Single-Core
min: 2767 avg: 2814 median: 2825.5 (65%) max: 2839 points
Geekbench 6.7 - Geekbench 6.7.1 Multi-Core
min: 11447 avg: 15120 median: 16275 (55%) max: 16483 points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1925 avg: 1970 median: 1961 (66%) max: 2025 points
CPU TDP ? TDP 90 W TDP 102 W 97% 95% 100%
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 13357 avg: 17277 median: 19054 (34%) max: 19421 points
CPU TDP ? TDP 90 W TDP 102 W 69% 100% 98%
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 474 avg: 496.7 median: 507 (1%) max: 509 ms
CPU TDP ? TDP 90 W TDP 102 W 100% 100% 100%
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
min: 230 avg: 255.3 median: 253 (63%) max: 283 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 274 avg: 306 median: 322 (54%) max: 322 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 90 W TDP 102 W 100% 85% 100%
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 1903 avg: 1964 median: 1977 (69%) max: 2011 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 90 W TDP 102 W 95% 98% 100%
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 95 avg: 135.8 median: 146.5 (25%) max: 166 Watt
CPU TDP ? TDP 90 W TDP 102 W 117% 105% 100%
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120 125 130 135 140 145 150 155 160 165 170 Tooltip HP Omen 16-ap0091ng: Ø94.9 (92.08-120.03)
MSI Crosshair A17 HX D8WGKG: Ø146.5 (145.6-171)
MSI Crosshair A16 HX E8WGK: Ø166 (161.3-168.2)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 103.2 avg: 136.9 median: 136.9 (25%) max: 170.5 Watt
CPU TDP ? TDP 102 W 118% 100%
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120 125 130 135 140 145 150 155 160 165 170 Tooltip HP Omen 16-ap0091ng: Ø103.5 (94.29-121.45)
MSI Crosshair A16 HX E8WGK: Ø170.5 (170.1-171.1)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 12.9 avg: 23.4 median: 26.4 (17%) max: 30.8 Watt
CPU TDP ? TDP 90 W TDP 102 W 104% 100% 115%
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 Tooltip MSI Crosshair A16 HX E8WGK: Ø12.9 (5.31-30.4)
HP Omen 16-ap0091ng: Ø26.4 (17.347-34.44)
MSI Crosshair A17 HX D8WGKG: Ø30.8 (23.1-36.9)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 13.3 avg: 22 median: 17.1 (12%) max: 35.5 Watt
CPU TDP ? TDP 90 W TDP 102 W 118% 100% 122%
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 Tooltip MSI Crosshair A16 HX E8WGK: Ø13.3 (5.78-21.1)
HP Omen 16-ap0091ng: Ø17 (9.012-28.878)
MSI Crosshair A17 HX D8WGKG: Ø35.5 (31.6-47.1)
Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Cinebench R15 Multi external Monitor
min: 31.4 avg: 36.5 median: 36.5 (27%) max: 41.6 Points per Watt
CPU TDP ? TDP 102 W 100% 75%
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