AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS vs AMD Ryzen Z1

Ryzen 7 8840HS vs Ryzen Z1 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Z1 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 8840HS has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen Z1 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen Z1. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 8840HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Z1. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 8840HS has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen Z1. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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.