AMD Ryzen 9 7940H vs Intel Core i7-1065G7

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 7940H and Intel Core i7-1065G7 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Ryzen 9 7940H

Intel Core i7-1065G7

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 7940H

CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
8 more threads: 16 vs 8
Around 33% higher clock speed: 5.2 GHz vs 3.90 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 4 nm vs 10 nm
Around 60% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 71% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3956 vs 2313
3.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 28660 vs 8269

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	Jan 2023 vs 1 Aug 2019
Number of cores	8 vs 4
Number of threads	16 vs 8
Maximum frequency	5.2 GHz vs 3.90 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 10 nm
L1 cache	64K (per core) vs 320 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	3956 vs 2313
PassMark - CPU mark	28660 vs 8269

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-1065G7

262144x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
524288x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt

L2 cache	2 MB vs 1MB (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB vs 16MB (shared)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 35 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-1065G7

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3956

2313

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

28660

8269

Name	AMD Ryzen 9 7940H	Intel Core i7-1065G7
PassMark - Single thread mark	3956	2313
PassMark - CPU mark	28660	8269
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		2113
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		53.853
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		741.453
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.134
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		42.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		69.576

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 9 7940H	Intel Core i7-1065G7
Essentials
Launch date	Jan 2023	1 Aug 2019
Place in performance rating	181	172
Architecture codename		Ice Lake
Launch price (MSRP)		$426
Processor Number		i7-1065G7
Vertical segment		Mobile
Performance
Base frequency	4 GHz	1.30 GHz
Die size	178 mm²
L1 cache	64K (per core)	320 KB
L2 cache	1MB (per core)	2 MB
L3 cache	16MB (shared)	8 MB
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	10 nm
Maximum core temperature	100°C	100 °C
Maximum frequency	5.2 GHz	3.90 GHz
Number of cores	8	4
Number of threads	16	8
Transistor count	25,000 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed		4 GT/s
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR5-5600 MHz, Dual-channel	DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-3733
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory bandwidth		55.63 GB/s
Maximum memory size		64 GB
Compatibility
Configurable TDP	54 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FP8	FCBGA1526
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt
Configurable TDP-down		12 Watt
Configurable TDP-down Frequency		1.00 GHz
Configurable TDP-up		25 Watt
Configurable TDP-up Frequency		1.50 GHz
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 4, 20 Lanes, (CPU only)
PCI Express revision		3.0
Graphics
Device ID		0x8A52
Graphics base frequency		300 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.10 GHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics		Intel Iris Plus Graphics
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported		3
Graphics image quality
4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort		5120 x 3200
Max resolution over eDP		5120 x 3200
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4		4096 x 2304
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
OpenGL		4.5
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)