AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS — Specifications and Blender benchmarks

Differences
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Differences

Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

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More number of cores

8 more cores

16 8
Higher turbo clock speed

Around 18% higher specified turbo frequency

5.3 GHz 4.5 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

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Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS

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Higher clock speed

Around 29% better clock speed

3.1 GHz 2.4 GHz
Lower stated TDP / base power

Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

45 W 55 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

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Specifications

Technical data

AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS

CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

Family

Ryzen Ryzen
Form Factor

Laptops / Desktops Laptops / Desktops
Segment

Mobile Mobile
Series

Ryzen 8000 Series Ryzen 7000 Series

CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

Base Frequency

2.4 GHz 3.1 GHz
CPU Cores

16 8
CPU Threads

32 16
Max. Boost Clock

5.3 GHz 4.5 GHz
Overclocking

Yes No

IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

GPU Frequency

2200 MHz -
GPU name

AMD Radeon 610M None
Graphics Cores

2 -

Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS and AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

Memory channels

2 2
Memory type

DDR5 DDR5
PCIe

PCIe 5.0 PCIe 4.0

Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX and AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

Configurable TDP

55-75 W 35-54 W
Default TDP

55 W 45 W
Maximum Operating Temperature

100 °C 95 °C

Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX and AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

Codename

Dragon Range Rembrandt R
L2-Cache

16 MB 4 MB
L3-Cache

64 MB 16 MB
Official source

https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/laptop/ryzen/8000-series/amd-ryzen-9-8940hx.html https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/laptop/ryzen/7000-series/amd-ryzen-7-7435hs.html
Release date

2025-04-23 -
Socket

FL1 FP7r2
Technology

TSMC 5nm FinFET TSMC 6nm FinFET
Verified on

2026-09-30 2026-09-30

Blender Open Data

Official median of community submissions. Higher is better; each row uses the same version, operating system and compute backend.

Test	AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX	AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS
Blender 5.2.0 / CPU / Windows	483.484964 samples/min Submissions: 13	175.003073 samples/min Submissions: 6

Data snapshot: 2026-09-30. Official source

This aggregates different user systems. Individual measurement dates, RAM, drivers and power limits are unknown. Results are excluded from the legacy composite index.

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

No comparable legacy benchmark results are available.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark