Intel Core i5-1245U vs AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS

Core i5-1245U vs Ryzen 7 8840HS specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-1245U beats the Ryzen 7 8840HS in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 8840HS in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-1245U has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 8840HS that has 8 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 8840HS has more threads than the Core i5-1245U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 8840HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1245U. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 8840HS has more L2 cache than the Core i5-1245U. The Ryzen 7 8840HS also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i5-1245U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.