Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Athlon II M300

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon II M300
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.42
Ryzen 9 7940HS
2023
8 cores / 16 threads, 35 Watt
19.09
+4445%

Ryzen 9 7940HS outperforms Athlon II M300 by a whopping 4445% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II M300 and Ryzen 9 7940HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2984309
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Athlon IIno data
Power efficiency1.1451.62
Architecture codenameCaspian (2009)Phoenix-HS (Zen 4) (2023)
Release date10 September 2009 (15 years ago)January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon II M300 and Ryzen 9 7940HS basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads216
Base clock speedno data4 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz5.2 GHz
Bus rate3200 MHzno data
L1 cache128 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm4 nm
Die sizeno data178 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistorsno data25,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II M300 and Ryzen 9 7940HS compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1
SocketSocket S1 (S1g3)FP8
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II M300 and Ryzen 9 7940HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD VirtualizationRyzen AI, 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
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
PowerNow+-
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II M300 and Ryzen 9 7940HS are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II M300 and Ryzen 9 7940HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon 780M ( - 2800 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II M300 and Ryzen 9 7940HS.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Athlon II M300 0.42
Ryzen 9 7940HS 19.09
+4445%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Athlon II M300 670
Ryzen 9 7940HS 30331
+4427%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Athlon II M300 213
Ryzen 9 7940HS 2460
+1055%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Athlon II M300 403
Ryzen 9 7940HS 11573
+2772%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Athlon II M300 1700
Ryzen 9 7940HS 7837
+361%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Athlon II M300 3319
Ryzen 9 7940HS 48751
+1369%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Athlon II M300 1552
Ryzen 9 7940HS 15689
+911%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Athlon II M300 39.24
Ryzen 9 7940HS 2.7
+1353%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.42 19.09
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 2 16
Chip lithography 45 nm 4 nm

Ryzen 9 7940HS has a 4445.2% higher aggregate performance score, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 1025% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 9 7940HS is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon II M300 in performance tests.


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