Intel Core i7-8700K vs AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i7 6 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

5130 points

5821 points

13% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7103 points

7228 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4499 points

5452 points

21% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4352 points

5384 points

23% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

126.15 points

166.92 points

32% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6565 points

9022 points

37% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1621 points

2060 points

27% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

12% slightly higher clock speed

3.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz

5.1 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

28 W

239% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB

8 MiB

433% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB

16 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

335th of 1,089

266th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i7

Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November

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 i7-8700K vs Ryzen 7 8840HS comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-8700K performs better than the Ryzen 7 8840HS. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 8840HS in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 8840HS has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i7-8700K has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8700K. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-8700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 8840HS. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 8840HS has more L2 cache than the Core i7-8700K. 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 i7-8700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.