EPYC 7532 vs Ryzen 9 7940HX

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 9 7940HX and EPYC 7532 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	94	98
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	38.44
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	AMD Dragon Range (Zen 4, Ryzen 7045)	AMD EPYC
Architecture codename	Dragon Range-HX (Zen 4)	Zen 2 (2019−2020)
Release date	17 January 2024 (less than a year ago)	19 February 2020 (4 years ago)
Current price	no data	$800

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 7940HX and EPYC 7532 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	16 (Hexadeca-Core)	32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads	3216 x 5.2  GHz AMD Zen 4	64
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	5.2 GHz	3.3 GHz
L1 cache	1 MB	2 MB
L2 cache	16 MB	16 MB
L3 cache	64 MB	256 MB
Chip lithography	5 nm	7 nm, 14 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	9900 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 7940HX and EPYC 7532 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.

Socket	FL1	Socket SP3
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	200 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 7940HX and EPYC 7532. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	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	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	no data
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 7940HX and EPYC 7532 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

no data

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 7940HX and EPYC 7532. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR5	DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	no data	4 TiB
Max memory channels	no data	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	204.763 GB/s
ECC memory support	no data	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon 610M

no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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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.

Ryzen 9 7940HX outperforms EPYC 7532 by 1% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	34.72	34.30
Recency	17 January 2024	19 February 2020
Physical cores	16	32
Threads	3216 x 5.2 GHz AMD Zen 4	64
Chip lithography	5 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	200 Watt

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