Intel Core i7-1255U vs AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS

Core i7-1255U vs Ryzen 7 8840HS specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 8840HS is faster than the Core i7-1255U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-1255U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-1255U has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 8840HS has 8 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 8840HS has more threads than the Core i7-1255U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 8840HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-1255U. Also, the Ryzen 7 8840HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-1255U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 8840HS 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 8840HS has more L2 cache than the Core i7-1255U. 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 i7-1255U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.