AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme vs AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS

Ryzen Z1 Extreme vs Ryzen 5 8640HS benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 8640HS is faster than the Ryzen Z1 Extreme. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Z1 Extreme in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 8640HS. Indeed, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 8640HS. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8640HS. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 8640HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Z1 Extreme. Despite this, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 Z1 Extreme has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 8640HS. 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 Z1 Extreme has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.