AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U vs AMD Ryzen 5 240

Compare AMD Ryzen PRO 5000 Series 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 200 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

3935 points
0.95% slightly better overall score
3898 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5110 points
4% slightly better gaming score
4888 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3597 points
0.78% slightly better multitasking score
3569 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3527 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score
3461 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

119.67 points
181.21 points
51% significantly higher Blender 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

1.90 GHz
4.30 GHz
126% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
5 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
200% significantly lower TDP
45 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
6 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

459th of 1,121
463rd of 1,121

Family

The product line

Ryzen PRO 5000 Series
Ryzen 200 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 March
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U vs Ryzen 5 240 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U beats the Ryzen 5 240 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 240 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 240. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 240. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 240. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 240 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U. Also, the Ryzen 5 240 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 240 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 240 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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 PRO 5850U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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