AMD Ryzen 5 7500F vs AMD Ryzen 7 8840U

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 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

7639 points

7756 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10534 points

3% slightly better gaming score

10179 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6704 points

6990 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6484 points

6806 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6449 points

13% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

5705 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

197.05 points

15% slightly higher Blender score

169.90 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

12599 points

35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

9309 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2751 points

26% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

2179 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.70 GHz

12% slightly higher clock speed

3.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz

5.1 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

28 W

132% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB

8 MiB

33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB

100% significantly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

169th of 1,118

165th of 1,118

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5

DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 5 7500F vs Ryzen 7 8840U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 8840U beats the Ryzen 5 7500F in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7500F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 8840U has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 7500F has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7500F. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7500F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 8840U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 8840U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 8840U outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 7500F 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 8840U has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 7500F. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7500F has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 8840U.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7500F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.