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

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i9 10 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

7824 points

8215 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8393 points

10758 points

28% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7630 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

7390 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7561 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

7189 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

12251 points

124% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

5466 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

210.12 points

7% slightly higher Blender score

195.47 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8407 points

10324 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1701 points

2258 points

32% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

25% slightly more threads

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

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

28 W

132% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

153rd of 1,089

139th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i9

Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May

2023 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933

DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-10900F vs Ryzen 7 7840U specs and performance

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

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-10900F has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 7840U has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7840U. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 7840U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-10900F. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 7840U has more L2 cache than the Core i9-10900F. Despite this, the Core i9-10900F has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 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 i9-10900F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.