AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS vs Intel Core i3-1215U

Ryzen 7 7840HS vs Core i3-1215U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 7840HS performs better than the Core i3-1215U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-1215U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 7840HS has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i3-1215U has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-1215U. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 7840HS has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i3-1215U. Also, the Ryzen 7 7840HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i3-1215U outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 7840HS 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 7840HS has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i3-1215U. The Ryzen 7 7840HS also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7840HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.