Intel Core i9-11900KF vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen PRO 8000 Series 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

8335 points
8453 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10716 points
3% slightly better gaming score
10343 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7549 points
7801 points
3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7340 points
7601 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

206.76 points
11% slightly higher Blender score
185.57 points

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

3.5 GHz
6% slightly higher clock speed
3.30 GHz

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

125 W
28 W
346% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
8 MiB
100% 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

133rd of 1,089
127th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i9
Ryzen PRO 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR5

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 i9-11900KF vs Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS beats the Core i9-11900KF in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i9-11900KF 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. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-11900KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS. Also, the Core i9-11900KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS outputs less heat than Core i9-11900KF thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS has more L2 cache than the Core i9-11900KF. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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 i9-11900KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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