AMD Ryzen 7 7840U vs AMD Ryzen 7 8840U

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 8 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
5% slightly better overall score
7756 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10758 points
5% slightly better gaming score
10179 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7390 points
5% slightly better multitasking score
6990 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7189 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score
6806 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5466 points
5705 points
4% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

195.47 points
15% slightly higher Blender score
169.90 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10324 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
9309 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2258 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2179 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.30 GHz
Identical
3.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
Identical
5.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W
Identical
28 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
Identical
8 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

139th of 1,089
156th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 May
-

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5 (FP7r2)
DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Ryzen 7 7840U vs Ryzen 7 8840U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 7840U beats the Ryzen 7 8840U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 8840U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. According to our data, the Ryzen 7 7840U and Ryzen 7 8840U have the same clock speed. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache and L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7840U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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