AMD Ryzen 7 7840U vs Intel Core i5-13500HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 8 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i5 14 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

8215 points
4% slightly better overall score
7843 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10758 points
16% slightly better gaming score
9212 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7390 points
7473 points
1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7189 points
7441 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5466 points
8216 points
50% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

195.47 points
219.22 points
12% slightly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

14873 points
19176 points
28% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
14
75% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
20
25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.30 GHz
32% slightly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed
4.7 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
11.5 MiB
43% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
24 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

139th of 1,089
153rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7
13th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 May
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5 (FP7r2)
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Ryzen 7 7840U vs Core i5-13500HX specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 7840U performs better than the Core i5-13500HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13500HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-13500HX has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 7840U. Indeed, the Core i5-13500HX has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 7840U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7840U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7840U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13500HX. Also, the Ryzen 7 7840U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-13500HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 7840U. The Core i5-13500HX 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 7840U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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