AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 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

8878 points

5% slightly better overall score

8451 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10890 points

12073 points

10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8202 points

12% slightly better multitasking score

7298 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8008 points

13% slightly better heavy workload score

7044 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

244.42 points

10% slightly higher Blender score

221.97 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11003 points

14339 points

30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2353 points

3205 points

36% 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

3.80 GHz

0.03% slightly higher clock speed

3.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz

5.2 GHz

1% slightly higher turbo speed

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

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB

6% slightly more L1 cache

480 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB

33% slightly more L2 cache

6 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

32 MiB

100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

116th of 1,089

128th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7

Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5 (FP7r2)

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 7 7840HS vs Ryzen 5 9600 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 7840HS is faster than the Ryzen 5 9600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 9600 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 9600. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 7840HS has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 9600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 7840HS CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 9600 CPU because of its slightly 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 7840HS has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 9600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 7840HS.

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 7840HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.