Intel Core i9-9820X vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U

Core i9-9820X vs Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U beats the Core i9-9820X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9820X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-9820X has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-9820X. Also, the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i9-9820X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.