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AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS vs Intel Core i7-6500U

AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
59.2Inno Score
VS
Intel Core i7-6500U
—Inno Score
61.5Single-core—
51.2Multi-core20.4
65.4Efficiencyspec-based66.4
68.5iGPU20
61.8Platformspec-based28.9
11 spec wins — AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS1 spec wins — Intel Core i7-6500U

InnoReviews verdict

No overall winner yet: Intel Core i7-6500U lacks the published benchmark results an Inno Score requires, so there is no Inno Score to compare — we don't rank chips on their spec sheet alone. The spec table below still shows every difference we track.

Which would you pick?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

  • Stronger multi-core score: 51 vs 20
  • Stronger iGPU score: 69 vs 20
  • 911% higher 3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU): 2,659 vs 263
  • 762% higher PassMark: 28,241 vs 3,276
  • 700% higher Max memory: 256 GB vs 32 GB

Reasons to pick the Intel Core i7-6500U

  • 57% lower Base TDP: 15 W vs 35 W

General

General comparison: AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS versus Intel Core i7-6500U
SpecAMD Ryzen 7 7840HSIntel Core i7-6500U
Announced20232015
Process4 nm+71%14 nm
Base TDP35 W15 W+57%
Max TDP54 W+116%25 W

Cores & Clocks

Cores & Clocks comparison: AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS versus Intel Core i7-6500U
SpecAMD Ryzen 7 7840HSIntel Core i7-6500U
Cores8+300%2
Performance cores8—
Threads16+300%4
Base clock3.8 GHz+52%2.5 GHz
Boost clock5.1 GHz+65%3.1 GHz
L3 cache16 MB+300%4 MB

Integrated GPU

Integrated GPU comparison: AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS versus Intel Core i7-6500U
SpecAMD Ryzen 7 7840HSIntel Core i7-6500U
iGPUAMD Radeon 780MIntel HD Graphics 520
iGPU clock2,700 MHz1,050 MHz

Memory

Memory comparison: AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS versus Intel Core i7-6500U
SpecAMD Ryzen 7 7840HSIntel Core i7-6500U
Memory supportLPDDR5X-7500 / DDR5-5600DDR4-2133 / LPDDR3-1866 / DDR3L-1600
Max memory256 GB+700%32 GB

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS versus Intel Core i7-6500U
SpecAMD Ryzen 7 7840HSIntel Core i7-6500U
Geekbench 6 (single)2,610Top 43%—
Geekbench 6 (multi)12,600Top 41%—
Cinebench R23 (single)1,760Top 42%—
Cinebench R23 (multi)16,600Top 30%—
PassMark28,241+762%Top 25%3,276Bottom 4%
3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU)2,659+911%Top 22%263Bottom 4%

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