Intel Core i9-10900K vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i9 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen PRO 8000 Series 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
8453 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8838 points
10343 points
17% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8007 points
2% slightly better multitasking score
7801 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7938 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score
7601 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

231.23 points
24% slightly higher Blender score
185.57 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

3.7 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

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

138th of 1,089
127th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i9
Ryzen PRO 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR5

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 i9-10900K vs Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS beats the Core i9-10900K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10900K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-10900K has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS. Indeed, the Core i9-10900K has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-10900K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS. Also, the Core i9-10900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS outputs less heat than Core i9-10900K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS has more L2 cache than the Core i9-10900K. Despite this, the Core i9-10900K has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i9-10900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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