AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS vs Intel Core Ultra 5 236V

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 6 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 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

6405 points
11% slightly better overall score
5724 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9018 points
1% slightly better gaming score
8889 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5593 points
17% slightly better multitasking score
4771 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5403 points
18% slightly better heavy workload score
4571 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

153.60 points
32% slightly higher Blender score
116.22 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.50 GHz
66% significantly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.7 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
14 MiB
133% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

227th of 1,089
274th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

-
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5 (FP7r2)
DDR5-8533

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Ryzen 5 8640HS vs Core Ultra 5 236V comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 8640HS performs better than the Core Ultra 5 236V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 236V has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 5 236V has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 8640HS. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 236V has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 8640HS. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 8640HS has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 236V. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 8640HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 236V. Also, the Ryzen 5 8640HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 236V has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 8640HS. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 8640HS has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 236V.

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 Ryzen 5 8640HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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