Ryzen 5 2600 vs AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS is ahead of the Ryzen 5 2600 on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 60% to 129%, including 129% in Cinebench R23 multi (16,746 vs 7,306).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 5 2600 and the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

AMD

Ryzen 5 2600

6 cores65W TDP$199 MSRP2018

Full Ryzen 5 2600 benchmarks →

AMD · Zen 4

AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS

Full AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS benchmarks →

*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.

Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

Spec	Ryzen 5 2600	AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
cores	6	—
threads	12	—
base clock ghz	3.4	—
boost clock ghz	3.9	—
tdp w	65	—
l3 cache mb	16	—
process nm	12	—
socket	AMD Socket AM4	—

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Notebookcheck, CGDirector, CPU-Monkey, Framework Community, Geekbench Browser, PassMark and numberworld.org; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

Benchmark	Ryzen 5 2600	AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
Cinebench 2024 multi (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck	—	912 points
Cinebench 2024 single (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck	—	106 points
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better) Source: CGDirector, CPU-Monkey, Notebookcheck, Framework Community	7,306 points	16,746 points
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better) Source: CGDirector, CPU-Monkey, Notebookcheck	1,053 points	1,785 points
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better) Source: Framework Community, Geekbench Browser	5,239 points	11,591 points
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better) Source: Framework Community, Geekbench Browser	1,162 points	2,389 points
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark	13,133 points	29,856 pts
PassMark CPU Mark (Single Thread) (higher is better) Source: PassMark	—	3,854 points
PassMark CPU Mark single-thread (higher is better) Source: PassMark	—	3,852 points
PassMark Single Thread (higher is better) Source: PassMark	2,413 points	3,856 pts
PassMark Single Thread Rating (higher is better) Source: PassMark	2,234 points	3,846 points
Y-cruncher 1B (lower is better) Source: numberworld.org	110 seconds	—

Quick answers

Which is faster, the Ryzen 5 2600 or the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS?

The AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS is ahead of the Ryzen 5 2600 on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 60% to 129%, including 129% in Cinebench R23 multi (16,746 vs 7,306).