Ryzen 9 6980HS vs Ryzen 9 7940HX

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 9 7940HX and Ryzen 9 6980HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking112not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Dragon Range (Zen 4, Ryzen 7045)no data
Power efficiency57.84no data
Architecture codenameDragon Range-HX (Zen 4) (2023−2024)Rembrandt-HS (Zen 3+) (2022)
Release date17 January 2024 (less than a year ago)January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 7940HX and Ryzen 9 6980HS 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads3216
Base clock speed2.4 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed5.2 GHz5 GHz
L1 cache1 MB64K (per core)
L2 cache16 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache64 MB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography5 nm6 nm
Die sizeno data208 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C95 °C
Number of transistors9900 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 7940HX and Ryzen 9 6980HS 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
SocketFL1FP7
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 7940HX and Ryzen 9 6980HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, 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, SMEMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 7940HX and Ryzen 9 6980HS are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 7940HX and Ryzen 9 6980HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon 610MAMD Radeon 680M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 7940HX and Ryzen 9 6980HS.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 2.85 15.98
Physical cores 16 8
Threads 32 16
Chip lithography 5 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 45 Watt

Ryzen 9 7940HX has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 20% more advanced lithography process.

Ryzen 9 6980HS, on the other hand, has 460.7% faster integrated GPU, and 22.2% lower power consumption.

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