AMD Ryzen 7 8840U vs AMD Ryzen Z1

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Z1 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
32% slightly better overall score
5874 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10179 points
23% slightly better gaming score
8265 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6990 points
34% slightly better multitasking score
5178 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6806 points
35% slightly better heavy workload score
5019 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

169.90 points
27% slightly higher Blender score
133.44 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9309 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
8200 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2179 points
2231 points
2% 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
3% slightly higher clock speed
3.20 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W
Identical
28 W

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

156th of 1,089
261st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7
Ryzen Z1

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5 (FP7r2)
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Ryzen 7 8840U vs Ryzen Z1 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 8840U is faster than the Ryzen Z1. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Z1 in all gaming tests too.

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 Z1 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen Z1. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 8840U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Z1. Also, the Ryzen 7 8840U has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 8840U has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen Z1. 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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