AMD Ryzen 7 5700X vs AMD Ryzen 7 8840U

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 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

7399 points
7756 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8984 points
10179 points
13% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6877 points
6990 points
1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6735 points
6806 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6914 points
21% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5705 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

207.23 points
21% slightly higher Blender score
169.90 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9706 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
9309 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2147 points
2179 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.40 GHz
3% slightly higher clock speed
3.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
5.1 GHz
10% 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

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
8 MiB
100% 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

170th of 1,089
155th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 April
-

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen 7 5700X vs Ryzen 7 8840U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 8840U beats the Ryzen 7 5700X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 5700X in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5700X 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 7 5700X 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 7 8840U has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 5700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5700X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 8840U.

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 5700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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