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AMD Ryzen 7 8840U
Hawk Point pairs Phoenix's Zen 4 cores with a faster 16 TOPS NPU for on-device AI features, while keeping the same eight cores, Radeon 780M graphics, and 15-30W envelope that made the 7840U a favorite among efficient ultrabooks.
Pros
- Same class-leading Radeon 780M graphics and Zen 4 cores as the 7840U at ultrabook power
- NPU rated up to 16 TOPS, up from 10 TOPS on the 7840U — AMD's biggest mobile NPU jump yet, though still short of Microsoft's 40 TOPS bar for official Copilot+ PC certification
- Boost clock up to 5.1GHz, the highest of any Phoenix/Hawk Point U-series part
- DDR5/LPDDR5X memory support up to 96GB for multitasking-heavy configurations
Cons
- NPU TOPS still trail Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite and Intel's Lunar Lake for on-device AI
- CPU core architecture is unchanged from the year-old Ryzen 7 7840U, so gains are incremental
- 15W TDP floor still throttles boost clocks under sustained multi-core loads
Average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the AMD Ryzen 7 8840U
General
- Announced
- 2023
- Process
- 4 nm
- Base TDP
- 28 W
- Max TDP
- 30 W
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 8
- Performance cores
- 8
- Threads
- 16
- Base clock
- 3.3 GHz
- Boost clock
- 5.1 GHz
- L3 cache
- 16 MB
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- AMD Radeon 780M
- iGPU clock
- 2,700 MHz
Memory
- Memory support
- DDR5-5600 / LPDDR5X-7500
- Max memory
- 96 GB
Benchmarks
- Cinebench R23 (single)
- 1,619Bottom 43%
- Cinebench R23 (multi)
- 12,191Bottom 50%
- PassMark
- 23,390Top 40%
- 3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU)
- 2,659Top 22%
Quick answers
Is the AMD Ryzen 7 8840U good in 2026?
The AMD Ryzen 7 8840U earns an Inno Score of 57.4/100 (“Average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. Hawk Point pairs Phoenix's Zen 4 cores with a faster 16 TOPS NPU for on-device AI features, while keeping the same eight cores, Radeon 780M graphics, and 15-30W envelope that made the 7840U a favorite among efficient ultrabooks.
Does the AMD Ryzen 7 8840U count as "Core i7 or equivalent"?
Its PassMark CPU Mark average is 23,390 (cpubenchmark.net, retrieved Sep 26, 2026), which puts it in Tier A of our CPU tier checker: current Core i7 H / Core Ultra 7 / Ryzen 7 class and above. Requirement pages word this differently, so check the exact wording with your department.
What are the key specs of the AMD Ryzen 7 8840U?
Cores: 8 · Threads: 16 · Boost clock: 5.1 GHz · Base TDP: 28 W
What are the closest alternatives to the AMD Ryzen 7 8840U?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Intel Core Ultra 7 256V, Intel Core Ultra 7 258V, Intel Core Ultra 9 185H — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
