AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Intel Core i7-12800HE

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS and Intel Core i7-12800HE 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.

AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS

Intel Core i7-12800HE

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 4 nm vs 7 nm
Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 45 Watt
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3898 vs 3313
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 30333 vs 29805

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	Jan 2023 vs Jan 2022
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	3898 vs 3313
PassMark - CPU mark	30333 vs 29805

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-12800HE

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 8
4 more threads: 20 vs 16
1572864x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later

Number of cores	14 vs 8
Number of threads	20 vs 16
L3 cache	24 MB vs 16MB (shared)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-12800HE

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3898

3313

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

30333

29805

Name	AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	Intel Core i7-12800HE
PassMark - Single thread mark	3898	3313
PassMark - CPU mark	30333	29805
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	7717

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	Intel Core i7-12800HE
Essentials
Launch date	Jan 2023	Jan 2022
Place in performance rating	341	329
Architecture codename		Alder Lake
Launch price (MSRP)		$506
Processor Number		i7-12800HE
Series		12th Generation Intel Core i7 Processors
Vertical segment		Embedded
Performance
Base frequency	4 GHz	2.40 GHz
Die size	178 mm²
L1 cache	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1MB (per core)
L3 cache	16MB (shared)	24 MB
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	7 nm
Maximum core temperature	100°C	100°C
Maximum frequency	5.2 GHz
Number of cores	8	14
Number of threads	16	20
Transistor count	25,000 million
Unlocked
64 bit support
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR5-5600 MHz, Dual-channel	Up to DDR5 4800 MT/s, Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s, Up to LPDDR5 5200 MT/s, Up to LPDDR4x 4267 MT/s
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory size		64 GB
Compatibility
Configurable TDP	54 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FP8	FCBGA1744
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	45 Watt
Package Size		50 mm x 25 mm
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 4, 20 Lanes, (CPU only)
Max number of PCIe lanes		28
Graphics
Device ID		0x46A6
Execution Units		96
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.35 GHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics		Intel Iris Xe Graphics eligible
Graphics interfaces
Number of displays supported		4
Graphics image quality
Max resolution over DisplayPort		7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDP		4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Graphics API support
DirectX		12.1
OpenGL		4.6
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot
Advanced Technologies
Instruction set extensions		Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
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)