Intel Core i9-11900H vs AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS

Compare Intel 11th 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

5635 points
5821 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8064 points
11% slightly better gaming score
7228 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4910 points
5452 points
11% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4760 points
5384 points
13% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

144.70 points
166.92 points
15% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
3.30 GHz
32% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
5.1 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

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
266th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i9
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 May
-

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

-
DDR5 (FP7r2)

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 7 8840HS comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 8840HS is faster than the Core i9-11900H. Despite this, the Core i9-11900H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 8840HS has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-11900H. Also, the Ryzen 7 8840HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 8840HS 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.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-11900H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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