AMD Ryzen 7 7840U vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 8 core CPU vs AMD 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
8673 points
5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10758 points
12393 points
15% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7390 points
7498 points
1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7189 points
7245 points
0.78% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5466 points
7587 points
38% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

195.47 points
233.29 points
19% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10324 points
14957 points
44% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2258 points
3338 points
47% significantly 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
3.9 GHz
18% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
5.4 GHz
5% 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
118th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 May
2024 August

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 9600X benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 9600X is faster than the Ryzen 7 7840U. 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 9600X. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7840U has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 9600X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 9600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 7840U. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7840U has slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 7840U.

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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