Intel Core i9-10920X vs AMD Ryzen 7 7840U

Compare Intel Core X-series 12 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

7975 points
8215 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7849 points
10758 points
37% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8024 points
8% slightly better multitasking score
7390 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8038 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score
7189 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

11797 points
115% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
5466 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

251.40 points
28% slightly higher Blender score
195.47 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11106 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
10324 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1664 points
2258 points
35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
49% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
49% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
6% slightly higher clock speed
3.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
5.1 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

165 W
28 W
489% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

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

158th of 1,125
150th of 1,125

Family

The product line

Core X-series
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November
2023 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR5 (FP7r2)

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 i9-10920X vs Ryzen 7 7840U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 7840U is faster than the Core i9-10920X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10920X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-10920X has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 7840U. Indeed, the Core i9-10920X has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 7840U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7840U. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-10920X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 7840U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7840U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 7840U outputs less heat than Core i9-10920X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i9-10920X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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