AMD Ryzen 7 8840U vs AMD Ryzen 5 8600G

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 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

7756 points
1% slightly better overall score
7604 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10179 points
10588 points
4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6990 points
5% slightly better multitasking score
6642 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6806 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score
6422 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5705 points
6178 points
8% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

169.90 points
173.75 points
2% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9309 points
10810 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2179 points
2486 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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
4.35 GHz
31% 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
132% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache
6 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
160th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

-
2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5 (FP7r2)
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Ryzen 7 8840U vs Ryzen 5 8600G specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 8840U beats the Ryzen 5 8600G in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 8600G has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 8840U has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 8600G that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8600G. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 8600G 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 Ryzen 5 8600G 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 slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 8600G. 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 8840U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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