Intel Core i9-10850K vs AMD Ryzen 7 7840H

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i9 10 core CPU vs AMD 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

8580 points
8985 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9432 points
10717 points
13% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8275 points
8377 points
1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8174 points
0.09% slightly better heavy workload score
8167 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8802 points
18% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
7434 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

227.80 points
32% slightly higher Blender score
172.18 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
25% slightly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
25% slightly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
3.80 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2.5 MiB
8 MiB
220% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

20 MiB
25% slightly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

122nd of 1,089
111th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i9
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 August
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i9-10850K vs Ryzen 7 7840H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 7840H performs better than the Core i9-10850K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10850K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-10850K has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 7840H that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7840H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7840H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-10850K. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 7840H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-10850K. Despite this, the Core i9-10850K has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 7840H.

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 i9-10850K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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