AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U vs AMD Ryzen 5 8600G

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 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

7028 points
7604 points
8% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8379 points
10588 points
26% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6623 points
6642 points
0.29% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6517 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score
6422 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

164.73 points
173.75 points
5% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9396 points
10810 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2142 points
2486 points
16% 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

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

191st of 1,089
160th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 PRO
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 June
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 PRO 7840U vs Ryzen 5 8600G comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U beats the Ryzen 5 8600G in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 8600G has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 8600G. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 8600G. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8600G. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 8600G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 8600G. 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 7840U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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