AMD Ryzen 7 8840U vs Intel Core i9-9900KS

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 8 core CPU vs Intel 9th Generation Core i9 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

7756 points
3% slightly better overall score
7509 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10179 points
10% slightly better gaming score
9220 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6990 points
0.87% slightly better multitasking score
6930 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6806 points
0.55% slightly better heavy workload score
6769 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5705 points
7296 points
27% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

169.90 points
173.21 points
1% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9309 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
8569 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2179 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1789 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.30 GHz
4.01 GHz
21% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W
353% significantly lower TDP
127 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache
2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

155th of 1,089
167th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7
9th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

-
2019 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5 (FP7r2)
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 8840U vs Core i9-9900KS specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 8840U performs better than the Core i9-9900KS. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9900KS in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-9900KS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 8840U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 8840U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 8840U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-9900KS CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 8840U has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i9-9900KS. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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

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