AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600

Compare AMD Ryzen PRO 8000 Series 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 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

8453 points

0.02% slightly better overall score

8451 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10343 points

12073 points

16% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7801 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

7298 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7601 points

7% slightly better heavy workload score

7044 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

185.57 points

221.97 points

19% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.30 GHz

3.8 GHz

15% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz

5.2 GHz

1% slightly higher turbo speed

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

Identical

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

32 MiB

100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

127th of 1,089

128th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen PRO 8000 Series

Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS vs Ryzen 5 9600 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS performs better than the Ryzen 5 9600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 9600 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 9600. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 9600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS. Also, the Ryzen 5 9600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 9600 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 7 PRO 8840HS has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 9600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS.

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 8840HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.