Intel Core i5-8265U vs AMD Ryzen 7 8840U

Core i5-8265U vs Ryzen 7 8840U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 8840U performs better than the Core i5-8265U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8265U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 8840U has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-8265U has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8265U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 8840U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8265U. Also, the Ryzen 7 8840U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8265U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 8840U CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 8840U has more L2 cache than the Core i5-8265U. The Ryzen 7 8840U also has significantly 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 i5-8265U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.