AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS vs AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS, vs AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS and AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS
1730
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
1793
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS
11040
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
17088
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS
n/a
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
101
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS
n/a
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
944
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS
3585
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
3772
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS
19915
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
28807
Integer Math67.9 GOps/s99.4 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math39.6 GOps/s60.4 GOps/s
Prime Number Search70 M primes/s89 M primes/s
Random String Sort27.3 M strings/s40.3 M strings/s
Data Encryption13.6 GB/s20.8 GB/s
Data Compression226.8 MB/s348.1 MB/s
Physics984 frames/s1385 frames/s
Extended Instructions159 M matrices/s259 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS
2127
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
2577
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS
7865
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
12085
File Compression928.4 MB/s1120 MB/s
Clang Compilation53.5 KLines/s102.5 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser169.7 pages/s217.2 pages/s
PDF Rendering200 MP/sec350 MP/sec
Text Processing237.7 pages/s251.8 pages/s
Background Blur37.6 frames/s59.4 frames/s
Photo Processing72.3 frames/s87.6 frames/s
Ray Tracing11.2 MP/sec22.5 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS
n/a
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
218.59

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 262.2 PPW 223.8 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 663.8 PPW 533.5 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W n/a 17.5 PPW
Blender / W n/a 4.05 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Announced December, 6, 2023 January, 4, 2023
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Hawk Point) Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Integrated GPU Radeon 760M Radeon 780M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 8
Threads 12 16
Frequency 3.5 GHz 3.8 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.9 GHz 5.1 GHz
General
Cores count68
Threads count1216
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier35x38x
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cache16 MB total16 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count 25 billion 25 billion
Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 20-30 W 35-54 W
Socket FP8 FP8
Critical temp. 100 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
- DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Max Size 256 GB 256 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No Yes

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 20

Note

AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS:

DDR5 memory is supported only on the FP7r2 socket, while FP7 and FP8 sockets support LPDDR5/x. ECC support is available exclusively on the FP7r2 socket.

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