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

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 12 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

4819 points
7756 points
60% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7087 points
10179 points
43% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4161 points
6990 points
67% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4014 points
6806 points
69% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

94.95 points
169.90 points
78% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
49% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

14
16
14% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
3.30 GHz
57% 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

10 MiB
25% slightly more L2 cache
8 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

364th of 1,089
155th 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 155U vs Ryzen 7 8840U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 8840U is faster than the Core Ultra 7 155U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 7 155U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 7 155U has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 8840U has 8 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 8840U has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 155U. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 8840U has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 155U. Also, the Ryzen 7 8840U has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 7 155U has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 8840U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 8840U has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 155U.

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

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