Intel Core i5-11400F vs AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS

Compare Intel 11th 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

5669 points
5821 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8320 points
15% slightly better gaming score
7228 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4844 points
5452 points
12% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4676 points
5384 points
15% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

128.47 points
166.92 points
29% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7590 points
9022 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1979 points
2060 points
4% 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

2.6 GHz
3.30 GHz
26% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
5.1 GHz
15% 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

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

277th of 1,089
266th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-11400F vs Ryzen 7 8840HS benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 8840HS performs better than the Core i5-11400F. Despite this, the Core i5-11400F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 8840HS has slightly more cores than the Core i5-11400F. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 8840HS has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-11400F. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11400F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 8840HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11400F.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-11400F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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