AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX: New Dragon Range CPU spotted alongside latest Asus TUF Gaming A16 variant

[Redaktion]

The previously-rumoured AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX CPU has shown up online. It is a 16-core, 32-thread part with a max boost clock of 5.2 GHz (200 MHz lower than the Ryzen 9 7945HX).

https://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Ryzen-9-7940HX-New-Dragon-Range-CPU-spotted-alongside-latest-Asus-TUF-Gaming-A16-variant.793059.0.html

[NikoB]

This is a very bad marking of a chip from AMD. It confuses buyers who may think that this is the advanced Zen4 Phoenix chip of the line (7040) at 4/5 nm, and not the usual, outdated Zen4 at 5/6 nm.

They should have named this chip differently to clearly differentiate it from the Zen4 Phoenix.