Intel Core i9-11900H vs AMD Ryzen 5 7640U

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7000 Series 6 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

5635 points
7% slightly better overall score
5252 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8064 points
11% slightly better gaming score
7216 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4910 points
6% slightly better multitasking score
4621 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4760 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score
4465 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

144.70 points
172.19 points
18% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
3.50 GHz
40% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
Identical
4.9 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

2
Identical
2

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

283rd of 1,089
317th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i9
Ryzen 7000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 May
2023 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

-
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i9-11900H vs Ryzen 5 7640U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 7640U is faster than the Core i9-11900H. Despite this, the Core i9-11900H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-11900H has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 7640U has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7640U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7640U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-11900H. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Ryzen 5 7640U outputs less heat than Core i9-11900H 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 i9-11900H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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