AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS vs Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus
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Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS, vs Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device
Review
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
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonBenchmarks
| Integer Math | 90.5 GOps/s | 171.7 GOps/s |
| Floating-Point Math | 52.3 GOps/s | 220.9 GOps/s |
| Prime Number Search | 78 M primes/s | 585 M primes/s |
| Random String Sort | 34.7 M strings/s | 93.2 M strings/s |
| Data Encryption | 17.5 GB/s | 56.3 GB/s |
| Data Compression | 288.2 MB/s | 766.8 MB/s |
| Physics | 1132 frames/s | 3545 frames/s |
| Extended Instructions | 202 M matrices/s | 606 M matrices/s |
| File Compression | 714.9 MB/s | 1660 MB/s |
| Clang Compilation | 87.9 KLines/s | 217.2 KLines/s |
| HTML5 Browser | 182.5 pages/s | 495.3 pages/s |
| PDF Rendering | 280.1 MP/sec | 584.4 MP/sec |
| Text Processing | 271.4 pages/s | 342.8 pages/s |
| Background Blur | 44.8 frames/s | 84 frames/s |
| Photo Processing | 70.1 frames/s | 160.2 frames/s |
| Ray Tracing | 19.2 MP/sec | 46.4 MP/sec |
Blender
Performance/Watt
| Geekbench 6 Multi / W | 321.8 PPW | 392.4 PPW |
| PassMark CPU / W | 822.6 PPW | 1201.5 PPW |
| Cinebench 2024 / W | 22.6 PPW | 40.3 PPW |
| Blender / W | 5.59 PPW | n/a |
General Info
| Manufacturer | AMD | Intel |
| Announced | December, 6, 2023 | January, 17, 2026 |
| Type | Laptop use | Laptop use |
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Zen 4 (Hawk Point) | Arrow Lake |
| Model number | n/a | 290HX |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon 780M | Arc Graphics (4-Cores) |
Processor
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Threads | 16 | 8 |
| Frequency | 3.3 GHz | 2.7 GHz |
| Max Frequency (Turbo) | 5.1 GHz | 5.5 GHz |
| Cores | n/a | 16 |
| Threads | n/a | 16 |
| Frequency | n/a | 1.8 GHz |
| Max Frequency (Turbo) | n/a | 4.7 GHz |
| Cores count | 8 | 24 |
| Threads count | 16 | 24 |
| Bus frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 33x | 27x |
| L1 cache | 64 KB/core | 192 KB/core |
| L2 cache | 1000 KB/core | 3000 KB/core |
| L3 Cache | 16 MB total | 36 MB total |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | Yes |
Package
| Transistor count | 25 billion | n/a |
| Process tech. | 4 nm | 3 nm |
| Power (TDP) | 20-30 W | 45-55 W |
| Max TDP (Boost) | n/a | 160 W |
| Socket | FP8 | FCBGA-2114 |
| Critical temp. | 100 °C | 105 °C |
Memory Support
| Memory Type | - DDR5-5600 - LPDDR5x-7500 |
DDR5-6400 |
| Max Size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC support | No | No |
Other
| PCIe Version | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| Max PCIe Lanes | 20 | 24 |
Results
After analyzing the data, we consider Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus the clear winner in this comparison.
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