AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 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

8633 points
34% slightly better overall score
6416 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10477 points
20% slightly better gaming score
8665 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8013 points
40% slightly better multitasking score
5694 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7835 points
42% slightly better heavy workload score
5516 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7356 points
32% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5539 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

244.42 points
75% significantly higher Blender score
139.36 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11003 points
37% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7974 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2353 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2039 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.80 GHz
4.59 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed
4.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

54 W
20% slightly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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

8 MiB
166% significantly more L2 cache
3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

129th of 1,126
241st of 1,126

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

-
2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5 (FP7r2)
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Ryzen 7 7840HS vs Ryzen 5 5600GT benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 7840HS beats the Ryzen 5 5600GT in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5600GT in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 7840HS has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 5600GT that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600GT. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600GT has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 7840HS. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7840HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 7840HS CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5600GT CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 7840HS has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 5600GT. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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.

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