Intel Core i5-10400 vs AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4799 points
5821 points
21% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6712 points
7228 points
7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4192 points
5452 points
30% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4056 points
5384 points
32% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

113.95 points
166.92 points
46% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5556 points
9022 points
62% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1451 points
2060 points
41% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
3.30 GHz
13% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
5.1 GHz
18% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
28 W
132% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB
8 MiB
433% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

367th of 1,089
266th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-10400 vs Ryzen 7 8840HS benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 8840HS beats the Core i5-10400 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-10400 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 8840HS has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-10400 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10400. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 8840HS has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-10400. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 8840HS has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-10400. The Ryzen 7 8840HS also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-10400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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