AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7000 Series 6 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

6549 points

3% slightly better overall score

6306 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7888 points

8479 points

7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6111 points

8% slightly better multitasking score

5619 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5988 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

5454 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

185.59 points

13% slightly higher Blender score

163.82 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8236 points

9274 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1703 points

2302 points

35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

4.30 GHz

10% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz

5 GHz

11% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W

54 W

94% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB

33% slightly more L1 cache

384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

6 MiB

49% significantly 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

218th of 1,089

235th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

Ryzen 7000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July

2023 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 7 3800X vs Ryzen 5 7640HS benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 3800X performs better than the Ryzen 5 7640HS. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7640HS has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 3800X has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 7640HS that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7640HS. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 7640HS has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 3800X. Also, the Ryzen 5 7640HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7640HS outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 3800X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7640HS has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 3800X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 3800X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 7640HS.

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 7 3800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.