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AMD Ryzen 7 8840U vs Intel Core i7-8565U

AMD Ryzen 7 8840U
57.4Inno Score
VS
Intel Core i7-8565U
—Inno Score
62.9Single-core—
44.2Multi-core24
73.5Efficiencyspec-based66.4
68.5iGPU25.8
55.5Platformspec-based41.6
12 spec wins — AMD Ryzen 7 8840U1 spec wins — Intel Core i7-8565U

InnoReviews verdict

No overall winner yet: Intel Core i7-8565U 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 24
  • Stronger iGPU score: 69 vs 26
  • 584% higher 3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU): 2,659 vs 389
  • 294% higher PassMark: 23,390 vs 5,935
  • 100% higher cores: 8 vs 4

Reasons to pick the Intel Core i7-8565U

  • 46% lower Base TDP: 15 W vs 28 W

General

General comparison: AMD Ryzen 7 8840U versus Intel Core i7-8565U
SpecAMD Ryzen 7 8840UIntel Core i7-8565U
Announced20232018
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 i7-8565U
SpecAMD Ryzen 7 8840UIntel Core i7-8565U
Cores8+100%4
Performance cores8+100%4
Efficiency cores—0
Threads16+100%8
Base clock3.3 GHz+83%1.8 GHz
Boost clock5.1 GHz+11%4.6 GHz
L3 cache16 MB+100%8 MB

Integrated GPU

Integrated GPU comparison: AMD Ryzen 7 8840U versus Intel Core i7-8565U
SpecAMD Ryzen 7 8840UIntel Core i7-8565U
iGPUAMD Radeon 780MIntel UHD Graphics 620
iGPU clock2,700 MHz1,150 MHz

Memory

Memory comparison: AMD Ryzen 7 8840U versus Intel Core i7-8565U
SpecAMD Ryzen 7 8840UIntel Core i7-8565U
Memory supportDDR5-5600 / LPDDR5X-7500DDR4-2400 / LPDDR3-2133
Max memory96 GB+50%64 GB

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: AMD Ryzen 7 8840U versus Intel Core i7-8565U
SpecAMD Ryzen 7 8840UIntel Core i7-8565U
Cinebench R23 (single)1,619Bottom 43%—
Cinebench R23 (multi)12,191Bottom 50%—
PassMark23,390+294%Top 40%5,935Bottom 9%
3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU)2,659+584%Top 22%389Bottom 8%

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