AMD Ryzen 5 9600X vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS

Compare AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen PRO 8000 Series 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

8673 points

2% slightly better overall score

8453 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12393 points

19% slightly better gaming score

10343 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7498 points

7801 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7245 points

7601 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

233.29 points

25% slightly higher Blender score

185.57 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

3.9 GHz

18% slightly higher clock speed

3.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

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

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

118th of 1,089

127th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9000 Series

Ryzen PRO 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 5 9600X vs Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 9600X performs better than the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 9600X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 9600X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 9600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS. Also, the Ryzen 5 9600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 9600X 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 PRO 8840HS has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS.

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 9600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.