AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS vs Intel Core Ultra 7 256V

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 8 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (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

5821 points

5922 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7228 points

9414 points

30% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5452 points

12% slightly better multitasking score

4857 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5384 points

16% slightly better heavy workload score

4631 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

166.92 points

37% slightly higher Blender score

121.07 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9022 points

9727 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2060 points

2431 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

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

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB

14 MiB

75% significantly more L2 cache

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

266th of 1,089

257th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7

Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5 (FP7r2)

DDR5-8533

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Ryzen 7 8840HS vs Core Ultra 7 256V comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 8840HS beats the Core Ultra 7 256V in overall performance. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 256V has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Ryzen 7 8840HS has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 8840HS has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 256V. Also, the Ryzen 7 8840HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 256V has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 8840HS. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 8840HS has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 256V.

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 8840HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.