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

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

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 8840U 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-1255U has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 7 8840U. Indeed, the Core i7-1255U has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 8840U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 8840U has more threads than the Core i7-1255U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 8840U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-1255U. Also, the Ryzen 7 8840U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-1255U 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 8840U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-1255U. The Ryzen 7 8840U also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-1255U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.