Intel Core i5-11500 vs AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS

Core i5-11500 vs Ryzen 7 8840HS comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-11500 performs better than the Ryzen 7 8840HS. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 8840HS in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 8840HS has slightly more cores than the Core i5-11500. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 8840HS has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-11500. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 8840HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11500.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-11500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.