AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS vs AMD Ryzen 5 6600H

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 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

5821 points
10% slightly better overall score
5291 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7228 points
1% slightly better gaming score
7096 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5452 points
15% slightly better multitasking score
4729 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5384 points
17% slightly better heavy workload score
4589 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

166.92 points
29% slightly higher Blender score
129.09 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9022 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7501 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2060 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1825 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
Identical
3.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed
4.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W
60% significantly lower TDP
45 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
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

266th of 1,089
311th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7
Ryzen 5 Mobile

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5 (FP7r2)
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Ryzen 7 8840HS vs Ryzen 5 6600H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 6600H performs better 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 6600H. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 8840HS has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 6600H. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 6600H. Both the Ryzen 7 8840HS and Ryzen 5 6600H have the same clock speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 8840HS has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 6600H. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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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