AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS vs AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS and AMD Ryzen 5 6600U processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
  • 4 more threads: 16 vs 12
  • Around 13% higher clock speed: 5.1 GHz vs 4.5 GHz
  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95 °C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 4 nm vs 6 nm
  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3788 vs 3195
  • Around 73% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 28990 vs 16792
Specifications (specs)
Launch date Jan 2023 vs Jan 2022
Number of cores 8 vs 6
Number of threads 16 vs 12
Maximum frequency 5.1 GHz vs 4.5 GHz
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 95 °C
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm vs 6 nm
L1 cache 64K (per core) vs 384 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3788 vs 3195
PassMark - CPU mark 28990 vs 16792

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

  • 393216x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 1048576x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
L2 cache 3 MB vs 1MB (per core)
L3 cache 16 MB vs 16MB (shared)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 35 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3788
3195
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
28990
16792
Name AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
PassMark - Single thread mark 3788 3195
PassMark - CPU mark 28990 16792
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 7356

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 4 Zen 3+
Launch date Jan 2023 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating 421 441

Performance

Base frequency 3.8 GHz 2.9 GHz
Die size 178 mm² 208 mm²
L1 cache 64K (per core) 384 KB
L2 cache 1MB (per core) 3 MB
L3 cache 16MB (shared) 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm 6 nm
Maximum core temperature 100°C 95 °C
Maximum frequency 5.1 GHz 4.5 GHz
Number of cores 8 6
Number of threads 16 12
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Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR5-5600 MHz, Dual-channel DDR5-4800
Max memory channels 2

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FP8 FP7
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 15 Watt
Configurable TDP 15-28 Watt

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 4, 20 Lanes, (CPU only)
Max number of PCIe lanes 20
PCI Express revision 4.0

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)