Intel Core Ultra 7 155H vs AMD Ryzen 7 8840U

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 16 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

7084 points
7756 points
9% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9220 points
10179 points
10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6469 points
6990 points
8% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6362 points
6806 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6426 points
12% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5705 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

159.93 points
169.90 points
6% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
100% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

22
37% slightly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.4 GHz
3.30 GHz
135% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
5.1 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

18 MiB
125% significantly more L2 cache
8 MiB

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

186th of 1,089
156th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 1)
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 November
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-7467
DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core Ultra 7 155H vs Ryzen 7 8840U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 8840U performs better than the Core Ultra 7 155H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 7 155H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 7 155H has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 8840U. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 155H has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 8840U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 8840U. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 8840U has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 155H. Also, the Ryzen 7 8840U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 155H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 8840U. The Core Ultra 7 155H also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 Ultra 7 155H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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