AMD Ryzen 7 8840U vs Intel Core Ultra 7 258V

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

7756 points
33% slightly better overall score
5827 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10179 points
8% slightly better gaming score
9364 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6990 points
45% significantly better multitasking score
4788 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6806 points
48% significantly better heavy workload score
4598 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

169.90 points
34% slightly higher Blender score
126.58 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9309 points
9679 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2179 points
2417 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
100% significantly more threads
8

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

2
Identical
2

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

155th of 1,089
265th 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

No
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Ryzen 7 8840U vs Core Ultra 7 258V specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 8840U beats the Core Ultra 7 258V in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 7 258V in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 7 8840U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 8840U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 258V. Also, the Ryzen 7 8840U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 258V has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 8840U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 8840U has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 258V.

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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