Intel Core i9-10900X vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U

Compare Intel Core X-series 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 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

7550 points

7% slightly better overall score

7028 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8222 points

8379 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7324 points

10% slightly better multitasking score

6623 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7249 points

11% slightly better heavy workload score

6517 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

202.00 points

22% slightly higher Blender score

164.73 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9481 points

0.90% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

9396 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1574 points

2142 points

36% 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

4.5 GHz

5.1 GHz

13% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB

56% significantly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

171st of 1,118

201st of 1,118

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen 7 PRO

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November

2023 June

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 i9-10900X vs Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-10900X performs better than the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-10900X has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-10900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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