Intel Core i7-7500U vs AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i7 2 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 8 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

1350 points
8878 points
557% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2679 points
10890 points
306% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1002 points
8202 points
718% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

962 points
8008 points
732% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

23.43 points
244.42 points
942% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
8
300% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
16
300% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz
3.80 GHz
40% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz
5.1 GHz
45% significantly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
259% significantly lower TDP
54 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

857th of 1,089
116th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 August
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-7500U vs Ryzen 7 7840HS comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 7840HS is faster than the Core i7-7500U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7500U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 7840HS has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i7-7500U has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7500U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7840HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7500U. Also, the Ryzen 7 7840HS has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-7500U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 7840HS CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-7500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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