AMD Ryzen 5 8640U vs AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 8640U and AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Graphics interfaces. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 8640U

• CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
• Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95 °C
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 4 nm vs 6 nm
• Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 35 Watt
• Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3547 vs 3405

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS

• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
• 4 more threads: 16 vs 12
• Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 8% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 22697 vs 20971

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 8640U
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	3547 3405
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	20971 22697

Compare specifications (specs)