AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS vs Intel Core 5 210H

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 8 core CPU vs Intel Core (Series 2) 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

5728 points
1% slightly better overall score
5640 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7427 points
8677 points
16% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5269 points
10% slightly better multitasking score
4783 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5185 points
12% slightly better heavy workload score
4629 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

166.92 points
28% slightly higher Blender score
130.38 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.30 GHz
50% significantly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed
4.8 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
14% slightly more L2 cache
7 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

282nd of 1,102
294th of 1,102

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7
Core (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

-
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5 (FP7r2)
DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 8840HS vs Core 5 210H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 8840HS beats the Core 5 210H in overall performance. Despite this, the Core 5 210H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 7 8840HS has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 8840HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core 5 210H. Also, the Ryzen 7 8840HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 8840HS has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core 5 210H. The Ryzen 7 8840HS also has slightly more 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 8840HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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