Intel Core i9-10900KF 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

8768 points
8985 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9745 points
10717 points
9% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8418 points
0.49% slightly better multitasking score
8377 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8304 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score
8167 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8953 points
20% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
7434 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

226.11 points
31% 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

3.7 GHz
3.80 GHz
2% 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

117th 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 May
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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 i9-10900KF vs Ryzen 7 7840H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 7840H performs better than the Core i9-10900KF. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10900KF in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-10900KF 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. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 7840H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-10900KF. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 7840H has more L2 cache than the Core i9-10900KF. Despite this, the Core i9-10900KF has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 7840H.

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

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