Intel Core i7-11850H vs AMD Ryzen 5 7640U

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7000 Series 6 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

5771 points

9% slightly better overall score

5252 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7728 points

7% slightly better gaming score

7216 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5178 points

12% slightly better multitasking score

4621 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5048 points

13% slightly better heavy workload score

4465 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

147.63 points

172.19 points

16% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7819 points

8481 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1911 points

2104 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

3.50 GHz

40% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz

4.9 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

28 W

60% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB

49% significantly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

272nd of 1,089

317th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i7

Ryzen 7000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 May

2023 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-11850H vs Ryzen 5 7640U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-11850H performs better than the Ryzen 5 7640U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7640U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-11850H has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 7640U that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7640U. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 7640U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-11850H. Also, the Ryzen 5 7640U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7640U outputs less heat than Core i7-11850H thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-11850H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.