AMD Ryzen 9 7940H vs Samsung Exynos 5260

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AMD Ryzen 9 7940H CPU1 vs CPU2 Samsung Exynos 5260
AMD Ryzen 9 7940H Samsung Exynos 5260

CPU comparison

AMD Ryzen 9 7940H or Samsung Exynos 5260 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD Ryzen 9 7940H has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.20 GHz. Up to 256 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 9 7940H was released in Q1/2023.

The Samsung Exynos 5260 has 6 cores with 6 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The Samsung Exynos 5260 was released in Q1/2014.
AMD Ryzen 9 (40) Family Samsung Exynos (47)
AMD Ryzen 7040 (21) CPU group Samsung Exynos 5260/5410/5420/5422/5800 (5)
6 Generation 3
Phoenix (Zen 4) Architecture Cortex-A15 / Cortex-A7
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 9 7940H is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 4.00 GHz (5.20 GHz). The Samsung Exynos 5260 has 6 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.50 GHz.

AMD Ryzen 9 7940H Characteristic Samsung Exynos 5260
8 Cores 6
16 Threads 6
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
4.00 GHz (5.20 GHz)
8x Zen 4
A-Core 1.50 GHz
2x Cortex-A15
-- B-Core 1.30 GHz
4x Cortex-A7

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

AMD Ryzen 9 7940H Characteristic Samsung Exynos 5260
AMD Ryzen™ AI AI hardware --
AMD dedicated AI XDNA Technology AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

AMD Radeon 780M GPU ARM Mali-T624 MP4
0.80 GHz GPU frequency 0.60 GHz
2.80 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
3 GPU Generation Midgard 2
4 nm Technology 32nm
4 Max. displays 1
12 Compute units 4
768 Shader 64
Yes Hardware Raytracing No
AMD FSR Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version 11

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 780M GPU ARM Mali-T624 MP4
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP9 No
Decode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Ryzen 9 7940H supports a maximum of 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Samsung Exynos 5260 can connect up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels.

AMD Ryzen 9 7940H Characteristic Samsung Exynos 5260
DDR5-4800, DDR5-5600, LPDDR5-6400, LPDDR5X-7500 Memory LPDDR3-800
256 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 0
120.0 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
Yes ECC No
8.00 MB L2 Cache 2.50 MB
16.00 MB L3 Cache --
4.0 PCIe version --
20 PCIe lanes --
39.4 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Ryzen 9 7940H has a TDP of 54 W, that of the Samsung Exynos 5260 is --.

AMD Ryzen 9 7940H Characteristic Samsung Exynos 5260
54 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
35 W TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 9 7940H has a 24.00 MB cache, while the Samsung Exynos 5260 cache has a total of 2.50 MB.

AMD Ryzen 9 7940H Characteristic Samsung Exynos 5260
4 nm Technology 28 nm
Monolithic Chip design Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv7-A (32 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 ISA extensions --
FP8 Socket --
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Android
Q1/2023 Release date Q1/2014
-- Release price --
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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 9 7940H AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
AMD Radeon 780M @ 2.80 GHz
4357 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 5260 Samsung Exynos 5260
ARM Mali-T624 MP4 @ 0.60 GHz
77 (2%)

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 9 7940H AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz
1974 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 5260 Samsung Exynos 5260
6C 6T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)

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 9 7940H AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
11600 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 5260 Samsung Exynos 5260
6C 6T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)

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 9 7940H AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz
2617 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 5260 Samsung Exynos 5260
6C 6T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)

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 9 7940H AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
12447 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 5260 Samsung Exynos 5260
6C 6T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)

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 9 7940H AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
30995 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 5260 Samsung Exynos 5260
6C 6T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)

AI performance (NPU)

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is given here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher.

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 9 7940H AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
10 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 5260 Samsung Exynos 5260
6C 6T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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