Intel Core i7-7820X vs AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS

Compare Intel Core X-series 8 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

5865 points

0.76% slightly better overall score

5821 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7275 points

0.65% slightly better gaming score

7228 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5393 points

5452 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5258 points

5384 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

165.28 points

166.92 points

0.99% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7802 points

9022 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1416 points

2060 points

45% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

9% slightly higher clock speed

3.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

5.1 GHz

18% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W

28 W

400% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

11 MiB

16 MiB

45% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

262nd of 1,089

266th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-7820X vs Ryzen 7 8840HS benchmarks

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

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-7820X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 8840HS.

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 i7-7820X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.