5 120HL vs Ryzen 9 7940HS

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 9 7940HS and Core 5 120HL processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	308	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	51.59	no data
Architecture codename	Phoenix-HS (Zen 4) (2023)	Raptor Lake-PS (2024)
Release date	January 2023 (1 year ago)	8 April 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 7940HS and Core 5 120HL 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 cores	8 (Octa-Core)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	16	16
Base clock speed	4 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	5.2 GHz	4.7 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB (shared)	18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	4 nm	10 nm
Die size	178 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	25,000 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 7940HS and Core 5 120HL 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	FP8	1700
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 7940HS and Core 5 120HL. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Ryzen 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	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
TSX	-	+
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Security technologies

Ryzen 9 7940HS and Core 5 120HL technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

no data

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Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 7940HS and Core 5 120HL are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 7940HS and Core 5 120HL. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR5

DDR4, DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare

AMD Radeon 780M ( - 2800 MHz)

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 7940HS and Core 5 120HL.

PCIe version	4.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	20	8

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	8	12
Chip lithography	4 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	45 Watt

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