AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 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

5728 points
5757 points
0.51% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7427 points
7870 points
5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5269 points
3% slightly better multitasking score
5067 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5185 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score
4903 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

166.92 points
15% slightly higher Blender score
144.95 points

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
9% slightly higher clock speed
3.00 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
27% slightly higher turbo speed
4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W
274% significantly lower TDP
105 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
166% significantly more L2 cache
3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
96 MiB
499% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

283rd of 1,104
282nd of 1,104

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

-
2025 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5 (FP7r2)
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Ryzen 7 8840HS vs Ryzen 5 5500X3D comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D is faster than the Ryzen 7 8840HS. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 8840HS in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 8840HS has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 8840HS has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 8840HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Also, the Ryzen 7 8840HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 8840HS CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5500X3D CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 8840HS has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 8840HS.

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

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