AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS vs Intel Core i9-11950H

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS and Intel Core i9-11950H processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

Intel Core i9-11950H

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 2% higher clock speed: 5.1 GHz vs 5.00 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 4 nm vs 10 nm SuperFin
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3795 vs 3199
Around 36% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 29032 vs 21374

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	Jan 2023 vs 11 May 2021
Maximum frequency	5.1 GHz vs 5.00 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 10 nm SuperFin
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	3795 vs 3199
PassMark - CPU mark	29032 vs 21374

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i9-11950H

Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
1310720x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
1572864x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later

L1 cache	768 KB vs 64K (per core)
L2 cache	10 MB vs 1MB (per core)
L3 cache	24 MB vs 16MB (shared)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
CPU 2: Intel Core i9-11950H

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3795

3199

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

29032

21374

Name	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS	Intel Core i9-11950H
PassMark - Single thread mark	3795	3199
PassMark - CPU mark	29032	21374
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	7356

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS	Intel Core i9-11950H
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 4	Tiger Lake
Launch date	Jan 2023	11 May 2021
Place in performance rating	417	393
Launch price (MSRP)		$556
Processor Number		i9-11950H
Series		11th Generation Intel Core i9 Processors
Status		Launched
Vertical segment		Mobile
Performance
Base frequency	3.8 GHz
Die size	178 mm²
L1 cache	64K (per core)	768 KB
L2 cache	1MB (per core)	10 MB
L3 cache	16MB (shared)	24 MB
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	10 nm SuperFin
Maximum core temperature	100°C	100°C
Maximum frequency	5.1 GHz	5.00 GHz
Number of cores	8	8
Number of threads	16	16
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR5-5600 MHz, Dual-channel	Up to 3200 MT/s
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory bandwidth		51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size		128 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FP8	FCBGA1787
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt
Configurable TDP-down		35 Watt
Configurable TDP-down Frequency		2.10 GHz
Configurable TDP-up		45 Watt
Configurable TDP-up Frequency		2.60 GHz
Package Size		50 x 26.5
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 4, 20 Lanes, (CPU only)	Up to 1x16+1x4, 2x8+1x4, 1x8+3x4
Max number of PCIe lanes		20
Graphics
Device ID		0x9A60
Execution Units		32
Graphics base frequency		350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.45 GHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics		Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen Intel Processors
Graphics interfaces
Number of displays supported		4
Graphics image quality
Max resolution over DisplayPort		7680x4320@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP		4096x2304@60Hz
Graphics API support
DirectX		12.1
OpenGL		4.6
Security & Reliability
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Secure Boot
Advanced Technologies
Instruction set extensions		Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)