Intel Core i9-10980HK vs AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i9 8 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

5234 points

5821 points

11% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6654 points

7228 points

8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4782 points

5452 points

14% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4670 points

5384 points

15% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

122.88 points

166.92 points

35% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz

3.30 GHz

37% 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

45 W

28 W

60% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

8 MiB

300% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

Identical

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

321st of 1,089

266th 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 i9-10980HK vs Ryzen 7 8840HS comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-10980HK beats the Ryzen 7 8840HS in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 8840HS in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 8840HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-10980HK. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 8840HS has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-10980HK. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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 i9-10980HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.