AMD Ryzen 9 8940HS “Hawk Level” APU Leaks Out: 8 Cores, 5.2 GHz Clocks, Up To 12% Quicker Than 7940HS

The primary benchmarks of AMD’s upcoming Ryzen 9 8940HS “Hawk Level” APU have been leaked and it is largely the identical chip because the 7940HS with barely higher efficiency.

AMD Ryzen 9 8940HS “Hawk Level” APUs Leaks In First Benchmark: Similar Specs As Ryzen 9 7940HS

The AMD Ryzen 9 8940HS APU will probably be a part of the upcoming Ryzen 8040 “Hawk Level” household which will probably be a refresh of the prevailing Ryzen 7040 “Phoenix” household. The APUs will function the identical Zen 4 and RDNA 3 core structure whereas that includes compatibility on the prevailing FP7, FP7R2, and FP8 platforms for cell chips.

Beginning with the specs, the AMD Ryzen 9 8940HS “100-000001319-50_Y” APU includes a whole of 8 cores and 16 threads. It has a base clock of 4.0 GHz and a lift clock of 5.2 GHz so we is likely to be getting the identical specs because the Ryzen 9 7940HS with just a few optimizations right here & there. The chip additionally options the identical 16 MB of L3 and eight MB of L2 cache and the TDP needs to be rated between 35-54W. As Momomo_US and HXL have posted, that is confirmed to be the Ryzen 8000 “Hawk Level” APU quite than a desktop AM5 APU:

RYZEN 5 P8 28WFP8 EVT – 100-000001313-50
RYZEN 9 D10 45W FP7R2 EVT – 100-000001319-50
RYZEN 3 D6 28W FP7R2 EVT – 100-000001325-50
RYZEN 5 D7 28W FP7R2 EVT – 100-000001326-50
PHOENIX N4 DT MODE 100-000001236-21

— 188号 (@momomo_us) November 16, 2023

A70F52 +4070 Laptop computer = Hawk Cellular https://t.co/tXFXV7x4O8 pic.twitter.com/nmDrE1yr6O

— HXL (@9550pro) November 16, 2023

There are not any particulars on whether or not the graphics facet has obtained any bump when it comes to clock speeds however the core configuration ought to stay the identical as the prevailing Radeon 780M iGPU with 12 compute models. The chip additionally options the identical RDNA 3 structure as not too long ago revealed. The APU was operating inside a laptop computer with 32 GB of DDR5-4800 reminiscence however no vendor was talked about.

By way of efficiency, the AMD Ryzen 9 8940HS APU scored a complete of 2596 factors in single-core and 13,258 factors in multi-core exams. This can be a 4% enchancment in single-core and 12% enhance over the aggregated outcomes of the Ryzen 9 7940HS in multi-core exams. The efficiency seems to be first rate & according to what we should always anticipate from a refresh.

As soon as once more, the AMD Ryzen 8040 “Hawk Level” APU household is anticipated to debut at CES 2024 and we’re additionally going to see AMD’s first AM5 desktop APU merchandise quickly which allegedly undertake the Ryzen 8000 branding too. Anticipate extra data quickly on these upcoming APUs.

Information Supply: Benchleaks