AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX vs Intel Core i5 8279U
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Apr 2025
May 2019
Manufacturer
Amd
Intel
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen 4 (Dragon Range)
Coffee Lake
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 610M
Iris Plus Graphics 655
Generation
Ryzen 9 (Zen 4 (Dragon Range))
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Processor Number
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i5-8279U
Package
Transistor Count
13.14 billions
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Manufacturing Process
5 nm
14 nm
Socket
FL1
BGA-1528
Power Consumption
55 W
28 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
75 W
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Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
100 °C
Foundry
TSMC
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Die Size
2x71 mm²
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I/O Process Size
6 nm
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I/O Die Size
122 mm²
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Package
µFC-BGAFL1
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CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
4
Performance Core Threads
32
8
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
2.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.3 GHz
4.1 GHz
Total Core Count
16
4
Total Thread Count
32
8
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
24
24x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
32 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
6 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
SMP
1
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Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-5200
DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Max Memory Channels
2
2
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Max Memory Size
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32 GB
Max Memory Bandwidth
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37.5 GB/s
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
400 MHz
300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2200 MHz
1150 MHz
Shader Units
128
384
Texture Units
8
48
Raster Operation Units
4
6
Execution Units
2
48
Power Consumption
15
15 W
Max Resolution
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4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
28
16
Extended Instruction Set
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SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,809
1,085
Cinebench R23
29,610
4,440
Geekbench 6
2,709
1,313
Geekbench 6
15,308
4,465
Cinebench 2024
112
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Cinebench 2024
1,630
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Geekbench 5
—
951
Geekbench 5
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3,929
Blender
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59
Passmark CPU
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2,365
Passmark CPU
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7,732
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.