AMD Ryzen 7 7840U vs Intel Core i5-14400F

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 8 core CPU vs Intel Core i5 (14th gen) 10 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
8601 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10758 points
11043 points
2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7390 points
7824 points
5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7189 points
7622 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5466 points
7397 points
35% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

195.47 points
1% slightly higher Blender score
193.46 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10324 points
11074 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2258 points
2320 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
10
25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

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
9.5 MiB
18% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
20 MiB
25% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

139th of 1,089
120th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7
Core i5 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 May
2024 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 i5-14400F specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-14400F beats the Ryzen 7 7840U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 7840U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-14400F has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 7 7840U. Indeed, the Core i5-14400F has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 7840U. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 7840U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-14400F. Also, the Ryzen 7 7840U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-14400F has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 7840U. The Core i5-14400F also has slightly 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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