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AMD Ryzen 7 8840U vs Intel Core i7-7500U

AMD Ryzen 7 8840U
57.4Inno Score
VS
Intel Core i7-7500U
—Inno Score
62.9Single-core—
44.2Multi-core20.9
73.5Efficiencyspec-based66.4
68.5iGPU21.4
55.5Platformspec-based28.9
11 spec wins — AMD Ryzen 7 8840U1 spec wins — Intel Core i7-7500U

InnoReviews verdict

No overall winner yet: Intel Core i7-7500U 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 8840U

  • Stronger multi-core score: 44 vs 21
  • Stronger iGPU score: 69 vs 21
  • 731% higher 3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU): 2,659 vs 320
  • 543% higher PassMark: 23,390 vs 3,636
  • 300% higher cores: 8 vs 2

Reasons to pick the Intel Core i7-7500U

  • 46% lower Base TDP: 15 W vs 28 W

General

General comparison: AMD Ryzen 7 8840U versus Intel Core i7-7500U
SpecAMD Ryzen 7 8840UIntel Core i7-7500U
Announced20232016
Process4 nm+71%14 nm
Base TDP28 W15 W+46%
Max TDP30 W+20%25 W

Cores & Clocks

Cores & Clocks comparison: AMD Ryzen 7 8840U versus Intel Core i7-7500U
SpecAMD Ryzen 7 8840UIntel Core i7-7500U
Cores8+300%2
Performance cores8—
Threads16+300%4
Base clock3.3 GHz+22%2.7 GHz
Boost clock5.1 GHz+46%3.5 GHz
L3 cache16 MB+300%4 MB

Integrated GPU

Integrated GPU comparison: AMD Ryzen 7 8840U versus Intel Core i7-7500U
SpecAMD Ryzen 7 8840UIntel Core i7-7500U
iGPUAMD Radeon 780MIntel HD Graphics 620
iGPU clock2,700 MHz1,050 MHz

Memory

Memory comparison: AMD Ryzen 7 8840U versus Intel Core i7-7500U
SpecAMD Ryzen 7 8840UIntel Core i7-7500U
Memory supportDDR5-5600 / LPDDR5X-7500DDR4-2133 / LPDDR3-1866 / DDR3L-1600
Max memory96 GB+200%32 GB

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: AMD Ryzen 7 8840U versus Intel Core i7-7500U
SpecAMD Ryzen 7 8840UIntel Core i7-7500U
Cinebench R23 (single)1,619Bottom 43%—
Cinebench R23 (multi)12,191Bottom 50%—
PassMark23,390+543%Top 40%3,636Bottom 5%
3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU)2,659+731%Top 22%320Bottom 5%

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