Intel Core i9-10900K vs AMD Ryzen 7 8840U

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

8226 points

6% slightly better overall score

7756 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8838 points

10179 points

15% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8007 points

14% slightly better multitasking score

6990 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7938 points

16% slightly better heavy workload score

6806 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8988 points

57% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

5705 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

231.23 points

36% slightly higher Blender score

169.90 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9141 points

9309 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1778 points

2179 points

22% 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

3.7 GHz

12% slightly higher clock speed

3.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz

3% slightly higher turbo speed

5.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W

28 W

346% 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

138th of 1,089

156th 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

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933

DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-10900K vs Ryzen 7 8840U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-10900K is faster than the Ryzen 7 8840U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 8840U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-10900K has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 8840U has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 8840U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-10900K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 8840U. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 8840U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-10900K. Despite this, the Core i9-10900K has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 8840U.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i9-10900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.