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AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX vs Intel Core i5-1135G7

WINNER
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX
64.8Inno Score
VS
Intel Core i5-1135G7
41.8Inno Score
64Single-core50.4
71.4Multi-core27.8
40Efficiencyspec-based60.2
75.4Platformspec-based41.6
9 spec wins — AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX1 spec wins — Intel Core i5-1135G7

InnoReviews verdict

AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX wins this laptop processor face-off, 64.8 to 41.8, pulling ahead mainly in multi-core (+44) and single-core (+14). Intel Core i5-1135G7 still makes sense if its price or standout specs fit your needs better.

Which would you pick?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX

  • Stronger single-core score: 64 vs 50
  • Stronger multi-core score: 71 vs 28
  • 700% higher L3 cache: 64 MB vs 8 MB
  • 522% higher Cinebench R23 (multi): 29,400 vs 4,724
  • 469% higher PassMark: 52,889 vs 9,292

Reasons to pick the Intel Core i5-1135G7

  • 49% lower Base TDP: 28 W vs 55 W

General

General comparison: AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX versus Intel Core i5-1135G7
SpecAMD Ryzen 9 7940HXIntel Core i5-1135G7
Announced20242020
Process5 nm+50%10 nm
Base TDP55 W28 W+49%
Max TDP75 W—

Cores & Clocks

Cores & Clocks comparison: AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX versus Intel Core i5-1135G7
SpecAMD Ryzen 9 7940HXIntel Core i5-1135G7
Cores16+300%4
Performance cores16—
Efficiency cores0—
Threads32+300%8
Base clock2.4 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock5.2 GHz+24%4.2 GHz
L3 cache64 MB+700%8 MB

Integrated GPU

Integrated GPU comparison: AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX versus Intel Core i5-1135G7
SpecAMD Ryzen 9 7940HXIntel Core i5-1135G7
iGPUAMD Radeon 610MIntel Iris Xe (80 EU)
iGPU clock2,200 MHz1,300 MHz

Memory

Memory comparison: AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX versus Intel Core i5-1135G7
SpecAMD Ryzen 9 7940HXIntel Core i5-1135G7
Memory supportDDR5-5200DDR4-3200 / LPDDR4x-4267
Max memory64 GB64 GB

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX versus Intel Core i5-1135G7
SpecAMD Ryzen 9 7940HXIntel Core i5-1135G7
Geekbench 6 (single)2,751Top 33%—
Geekbench 6 (multi)16,094Top 19%—
Cinebench R23 (single)1,807+37%Top 39%1,322Bottom 17%
Cinebench R23 (multi)29,400+522%Top 8%4,724Bottom 10%
PassMark52,889+469%Top 7%9,292Bottom 14%

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