AMD Ryzen 5 7600 vs AMD Ryzen 7 8840U

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 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

8046 points
3% slightly better overall score
7756 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10893 points
7% slightly better gaming score
10179 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7125 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
6990 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6898 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score
6806 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6614 points
15% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5705 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

199.23 points
17% slightly higher Blender score
169.90 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

12203 points
31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
9309 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.80 GHz
15% slightly higher clock speed
3.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
Identical
5.1 GHz

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

2
Identical
2

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

147th of 1,089
156th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 January
-

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen 5 7600 vs Ryzen 7 8840U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 8840U is faster than the Ryzen 5 7600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 8840U has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 7600. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 8840U has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7600. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 8840U. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 8840U has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 7600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7600 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 7600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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