Ryzen 5 5500 vs AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS is ahead of the Ryzen 5 5500 on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 26% to 59%, including 59% in Cinebench R23 multi (16,746 vs 10,561).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 5 5500 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 · Zen 3

Ryzen 5 5500

6 cores65W TDP$159 MSRP2022

Full Ryzen 5 5500 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 5500	AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
cores	6	—
threads	12	—
base clock ghz	3.6	—
boost clock ghz	4.2	—
tdp w	65	—
l3 cache mb	16	—
process nm	7	—
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, NanoReview, GadgetVersus, CGDirector, PCSpecs.io, Framework Community, Geekbench Browser, HardwareDB and PassMark; 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 5500	AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
Cinebench 2024 multi (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck	—	912 points
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core (higher is better) Source: NanoReview	588 pts	—
Cinebench 2024 single (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck	—	106 points
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core (higher is better) Source: NanoReview	82 pts	—
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better) Source: GadgetVersus, CGDirector, Notebookcheck, PCSpecs.io, Framework Community	10,561 points	16,746 points
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better) Source: GadgetVersus, CGDirector, Notebookcheck, PCSpecs.io	1,365 points	1,785 points
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better) Source: Geekbench Browser, HardwareDB, Framework Community, GadgetVersus	7,745 points	11,591 points
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core (higher is better) Source: NanoReview	8,220 pts	—
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better) Source: Geekbench Browser, HardwareDB, Framework Community, GadgetVersus	1,902 points	2,389 points
Geekbench 6 Single-Core (higher is better) Source: NanoReview	1,961 pts	—
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark	19,267 pts	29,856 pts
PassMark CPU Mark (Single Thread) (higher is better) Source: PassMark	—	3,854 points

Quick answers

Which is faster, the Ryzen 5 5500 or the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS?

The AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS is ahead of the Ryzen 5 5500 on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 26% to 59%, including 59% in Cinebench R23 multi (16,746 vs 10,561).