AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS vs AMD Ryzen 9 7940H

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AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS AMD Ryzen 9 7940H

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS and the AMD Ryzen 9 7940H and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS 8 core processor released in Q2/2022 with the AMD Ryzen 9 7940H which has 8 CPU cores and was introduced in Q1/2023.
AMD Ryzen 7 (68) Family AMD Ryzen 9 (35)
AMD Ryzen 6000H/7035H (20) CPU group AMD Ryzen 7040 (21)
5 Generation 6
Rembrandt (Zen 3+) Architecture Phoenix (Zen 4)
Mobile Segment Mobile
AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.20 GHz (4.70 GHz). The processor can compute 16 threads at the same time. The AMD Ryzen 9 7940H clocks with 4.00 GHz (5.20 GHz), has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel.

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
8 Cores 8
16 Threads 16
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
3.20 GHz Frequency 4.00 GHz
4.70 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 5.20 GHz
3.60 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
-- AI hardware AMD Ryzen AI
-- AI specifications AMD dedicated AI XDNA Technology

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

AMD Radeon 680M GPU AMD Radeon 780M
2.00 GHz GPU frequency 0.80 GHz
2.40 GHz GPU (Turbo) 2.80 GHz
9 GPU Generation 3
6 nm Technology 4 nm
3 Max. displays 4
12 Compute units 12
768 Shader 768
Yes Hardware Raytracing Yes
No Frame Generation AMD FSR
8 GB Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
12 DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

AMD Radeon 680M GPU AMD Radeon 780M
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode
Decode Codec AV1 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Up to 64 GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS, while the AMD Ryzen 9 7940H supports a maximum of 256 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 120.0 GB/s enabled.

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
LPDDR5-6400, DDR5-4800 Memory DDR5-4800, DDR5-5600, LPDDR5-6400, LPDDR5X-7500
64 GB Max. Memory 256 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
76.8 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 120.0 GB/s
No ECC Yes
4.00 MB L2 Cache 8.00 MB
16.00 MB L3 Cache 16.00 MB
4.0 PCIe version 4.0
12 PCIe lanes 20
23.6 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS has a TDP of 35 W. The TDP of the AMD Ryzen 9 7940H is 54 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
35 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 54 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
54 W TDP up --
-- TDP down 35 W
105 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS has 20.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 6 nm. The cache of AMD Ryzen 9 7940H is at 24.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 4 nm.

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
6 nm Technology 4 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
FP7 Socket FP8
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2022 Release date Q1/2023
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS (79%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940H (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS (74%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940H (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
1643 (83%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940H AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz
1974 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
8824 (76%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940H AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
11600 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
1964 (75%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940H AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz
2617 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
9432 (76%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940H AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
12447 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS
AMD Radeon 680M @ 2.40 GHz
3686 (85%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940H AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
AMD Radeon 780M @ 2.80 GHz
4357 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
21910 (71%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940H AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
30995 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
1491 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940H AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
12545 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940H AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
582 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940H AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
4735 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940H AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
189 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940H AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Performance for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940H AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
10 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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