AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS vs Intel Pentium B950

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS and Intel Pentium B950 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

  • CPU is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
  • 14 more threads: 16 vs 2
  • Around 143% higher clock speed: 5.1 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
  • Around 18% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 85C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 4 nm vs 32 nm
  • 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3769 vs 946
  • 28.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 28782 vs 1016
Specifications (specs)
Launch date Jan 2023 vs 15 May 2011
Number of cores 8 vs 2
Number of threads 16 vs 2
Maximum frequency 5.1 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 85C
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache 64K (per core) vs 128 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3769 vs 946
PassMark - CPU mark 28782 vs 1016

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium B950

  • 65536x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 131072x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
L2 cache 512 KB vs 1MB (per core)
L3 cache 2048 KB vs 16MB (shared)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
CPU 2: Intel Pentium B950

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3769
946
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
28782
1016
Name AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS Intel Pentium B950
PassMark - Single thread mark 3769 946
PassMark - CPU mark 28782 1016
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 7364
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 344
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 649
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.154
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 19.451
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.145
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.683
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2.037

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS Intel Pentium B950

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 4 Sandy Bridge
Launch date Jan 2023 15 May 2011
Place in performance rating 377 3123
Processor Number B950
Series Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status Discontinued
Vertical segment Mobile

Performance

Base frequency 3.8 GHz 2.10 GHz
Die size 178 mm² 149 mm
L1 cache 64K (per core) 128 KB
L2 cache 1MB (per core) 512 KB
L3 cache 16MB (shared) 2048 KB
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 100°C 85C
Maximum frequency 5.1 GHz 2.1 GHz
Number of cores 8 2
Number of threads 16 2
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI
Transistor count 624 Million

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR5-5600 MHz, Dual-channel DDR3 1066/1333
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 21.3 GB/s
Maximum memory size 16 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FP8 PGA988
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 35 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 37.5mmx37.5mm (rPGA988B)

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 4, 20 Lanes, (CPU only) 1x16, 2x8, 1x8 2x4
Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 2.0

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 650 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.10 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1.1 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel HD Graphics

Graphics interfaces

CRT
DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 2
SDVO
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Security & Reliability

Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

4G WiMAX Wireless
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)