AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs AMD Ryzen 7 8840U

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 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

7764 points
0.10% slightly better overall score
7756 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7302 points
10179 points
39% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7916 points
13% slightly better multitasking score
6990 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7971 points
17% slightly better heavy workload score
6806 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9121 points
59% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
5705 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

262.92 points
54% significantly higher Blender score
169.90 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7983 points
9309 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1180 points
2179 points
84% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

3.4 GHz
2% slightly higher clock speed
3.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
5.1 GHz
27% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

180 W
28 W
542% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
Identical
8 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

154th of 1,089
155th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Ryzen 7 8840U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 8840U beats the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 8840U. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 8840U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 8840U. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 8840U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 8840U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 8840U outputs less heat than Ryzen Threadripper 1950X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache. The Ryzen Threadripper 1950X also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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