AMD Ryzen 9 7940H — Benchmarks & Specs
Bottom line: how fast is the AMD Ryzen 9 7940H?
In PassMark CPU Mark it scores 28,388 points, per PassMark Software.
Every figure above is a row in the tables below, and each row links out to the review or public benchmark database the number was taken from. SpecPicks aggregates published measurements; it does not report first-party benchmark runs.
The AMD Ryzen 9 7940H is a processor from the Zen 4 family from AMD. Data on this page draws on 9 synthetic benchmark results, aggregated from public benchmark databases (TechPowerUp, PassMark, Geekbench, Cinebench) and the LocalLLaMA community. Read this page when shopping the AMD Ryzen 9 7940H, comparing it against other processors in your build, or sizing it for a specific workload (gaming at 1080p/1440p/4K, productivity benchmarks, or local LLM inference).
Synthetic Benchmarks
Higher is better. Bars are scaled within each benchmark family (multi-thread, single-thread, etc.) so you can compare like-with-like at a glance.
| Benchmark | Relative | Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PassMark CPU Mark | 28,388 points | PassMark Software 2026-07-16 | |
| PassMark CPU Mark | 28,358 pts | PassMark 2026-04-20 | |
| Cinebench R23 multi | 16,801 points | NotebookCheck 2023-07-01 | |
| Cinebench R23 multi | 16,746 points | Notebookcheck 2023-09-01 | |
| Geekbench 6 multi | 11,591 points | Framework Community 2024-01-01 | |
| PassMark Single Thread | 3,799 pts | PassMark 2026-04-20 | |
| Geekbench 6 single | 2,389 points | Framework Community 2024-01-01 | |
| Cinebench R23 single | 1,785 points | Notebookcheck 2023-09-01 | |
| Cinebench R23 single | 1,784 points | NotebookCheck 2023-07-01 |
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