AMD Ryzen 7 7840U 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

8215 points
8451 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10758 points
12073 points
12% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7390 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
7298 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7189 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score
7044 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

195.47 points
221.97 points
13% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10324 points
14339 points
38% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2258 points
3205 points
41% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

3.30 GHz
3.8 GHz
15% slightly higher clock speed

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

28 W
132% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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

139th 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

2023 May
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5 (FP7r2)
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Ryzen 7 7840U vs Ryzen 5 9600 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 9600 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 Ryzen 7 7840U has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 9600. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7840U has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 9600. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 9600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 9600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 7840U. Also, the Ryzen 5 9600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 7840U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 9600 CPU because of its 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 7840U has slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 9600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 7840U.

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

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