Performance Context & Positioning
The Ryzen 9 7940HS is a flagship-tier mobile APU designed for premium performance notebooks, creator laptops, and high-end ultraportables.
CPU Performance: Its 8 Zen 4 cores offer outstanding single-threaded and multi-threaded performance, excelling in productivity, content creation, and development tasks. It competes directly with Intel's Core i9-13900H/13900HX series.
GPU Performance: The Radeon 780M is its standout feature. It can smoothly handle 1080p gaming at medium-to-high settings in many modern titles and max out esports games, often making a discrete GPU optional for many users.
AI Capability: The integrated NPU marks a forward-looking feature for accelerating on-device AI, setting it apart from competitors at its launch.
Platform: It is a System-on-a-Chip (SoC), integrating the CPU, GPU, NPU, and chipset I/O onto a single die for efficiency.
Key Features & Technologies
"Zen 4" CPU Core: Delivers a significant uplift in Instructions Per Clock (IPC) performance and power efficiency over Zen 3/3+.
AMD Radeon 780M iGPU: Based on the latest RDNA 3 architecture, it is the world's most powerful integrated graphics at its launch, rivaling many entry-level discrete GPUs.
AMD Ryzen™ AI: Features the first dedicated Neural Processing Unit (NPU) in an x86 processor, accelerating AI workloads like Windows Studio Effects, AI-powered apps, and future AI features.
Advanced Power Management: Leverages the 4nm process for excellent performance-per-watt, balancing high performance in the HS segment with good battery life in thin-and-light performance laptops.
Modern I/O: Supports USB4 (with DisplayPort 2.1 and PCIe tunneling) and Wi-Fi 6E for cutting-edge connectivity.