Intel Core i9-10900KF vs AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

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

8768 points

8878 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9745 points

10890 points

11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8418 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

8202 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8304 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

8008 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8953 points

21% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

7356 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

226.11 points

244.42 points

8% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9168 points

11003 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1783 points

2353 points

31% 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

3.80 GHz

2% slightly higher clock speed

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

54 W

131% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB

25% slightly more L1 cache

512 KiB

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

116th 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 i9-10900KF vs Ryzen 7 7840HS comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 7840HS is faster 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 7840HS that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7840HS. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 7840HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-10900KF. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7840HS has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i9-10900KF. Despite this, the Core i9-10900KF has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 7840HS.

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