AMD Ryzen 7 8840U vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 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
1% slightly better overall score
7663 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10179 points
9% slightly better gaming score
9257 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6990 points
7115 points
1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6806 points
6951 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5705 points
6611 points
15% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

169.90 points
187.49 points
10% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9309 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
8779 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2179 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1998 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
3.70 GHz
12% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed
4.6 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
100% significantly more L2 cache
4 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
159th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7
Ryzen 5000 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)
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Ryzen 7 8840U vs Ryzen 7 5700 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 5700 is faster than the Ryzen 7 8840U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 8840U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 5700 has a slightly higher clock speed than 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 7 5700 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 8840U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 5700. 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 8840U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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