Intel Core i7-7820HQ vs AMD Ryzen 7 8840U

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i7 4 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

2218 points
7756 points
249% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3567 points
10179 points
185% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1819 points
6990 points
284% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1749 points
6806 points
289% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

63.31 points
169.90 points
168% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3581 points
9309 points
159% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1188 points
2179 points
83% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
3.30 GHz
13% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
5.1 GHz
30% 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

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

678th of 1,089
155th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
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 i7-7820HQ vs Ryzen 7 8840U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 8840U beats the Core i7-7820HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7820HQ in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 8840U has significantly more cores than the Core i7-7820HQ. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 8840U has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-7820HQ. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7820HQ. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 8840U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7820HQ. Also, the Ryzen 7 8840U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 8840U outputs less heat than Core i7-7820HQ thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-7820HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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