AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs Intel Core 7 240H

Compare AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 8 core CPU vs Intel Core (Series 2) 10 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

10994 points
30% slightly better overall score
8443 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13119 points
17% slightly better gaming score
11173 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10264 points
34% slightly better multitasking score
7609 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10043 points
35% slightly better heavy workload score
7432 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

325.43 points
72% significantly higher Blender score
188.37 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
10
25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.7 GHz
87% significantly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
Identical
5.2 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
9.5 MiB
18% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

96 MiB
300% significantly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

73rd of 1,118
138th of 1,118

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9000 Series
Core (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 November
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs Core 7 240H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D beats the Core 7 240H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 7 240H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core 7 240H has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 9800X3D that has 8 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core 7 240H. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The info from our database shows that the Core 7 240H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core 7 240H.

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 9800X3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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