Intel Core i9-10900 vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i9 10 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

7582 points
7% slightly better overall score
7028 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8692 points
3% slightly better gaming score
8379 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7207 points
8% slightly better multitasking score
6623 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7099 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score
6517 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

164.66 points
164.73 points
0.04% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8309 points
9396 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1714 points
2142 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

2.8 GHz
3.30 GHz
17% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
1% slightly higher turbo speed
5.1 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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

164th of 1,089
191st of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i9
Ryzen 7 PRO

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2023 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i9-10900 vs Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U beats the Core i9-10900 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10900 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-10900 has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U. Indeed, the Core i9-10900 has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-10900. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U has more L2 cache than the Core i9-10900. Despite this, the Core i9-10900 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U.

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 i9-10900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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