AMD Ryzen 9 5900 vs AMD Ryzen 7 7840H

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 core CPU vs AMD 8 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

8883 points
8985 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9577 points
10717 points
11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8669 points
3% slightly better multitasking score
8377 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8618 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score
8167 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8096 points
8% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
7434 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

298.75 points
73% significantly higher Blender score
172.18 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
49% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
49% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
3.80 GHz
26% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
8 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
300% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

118th of 1,105
113th of 1,105

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen 9 5900 vs Ryzen 7 7840H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 7840H beats the Ryzen 9 5900 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 5900 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 5900 has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 7840H that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7840H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7840H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 5900. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7840H has slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 5900. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 7840H.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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