Intel Core i9-7900X vs AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS

Compare Intel Core X-series 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 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

7006 points

9% slightly better overall score

6405 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7653 points

9018 points

17% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6778 points

21% slightly better multitasking score

5593 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6719 points

24% slightly better heavy workload score

5403 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

209.19 points

36% slightly higher Blender score

153.60 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8832 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

7982 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1432 points

2119 points

47% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

66% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

3.50 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

4.9 GHz

13% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W

28 W

400% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

14 MiB

16 MiB

14% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

193rd of 1,089

227th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-7900X vs Ryzen 5 8640HS comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-7900X beats the Ryzen 5 8640HS in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 8640HS has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-7900X has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 8640HS that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8640HS. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 8640HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-7900X.

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 i9-7900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.