AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D vs AMD Ryzen 7 7840H

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 16 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

14398 points
60% significantly better overall score
8985 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13255 points
23% slightly better gaming score
10717 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

14804 points
76% significantly better multitasking score
8377 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

14984 points
83% significantly better heavy workload score
8167 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

14388 points
93% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
7434 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

537.64 points
212% significantly higher Blender score
172.18 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
100% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
100% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.20 GHz
10% slightly higher clock speed
3.80 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

16 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
8 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

128 MiB
700% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

27th of 1,089
111th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
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Ryzen 9 7950X3D vs Ryzen 7 7840H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D is faster than the Ryzen 7 7840H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 7840H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has significantly more cores with 16 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 9 7950X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 7840H. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 7840H. The Ryzen 9 7950X3D also has significantly more 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 9 7950X3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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