Intel Core i7-9800X vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U

Compare Intel Core X-series 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 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

6761 points
7028 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8246 points
8379 points
1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6264 points
6623 points
5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6133 points
6517 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

163.68 points
164.73 points
0.64% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7552 points
9396 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1400 points
2142 points
53% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
15% slightly higher clock speed
3.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
5.1 GHz
15% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

5 MiB
16 MiB
220% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

206th of 1,089
191st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series
Ryzen 7 PRO

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 November
2023 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-9800X vs Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U performs better than the Core i7-9800X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-9800X 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 i7-9800X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i7-9800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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