AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS vs Ryzen 5 7640HS

61 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
VS
56 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS with 8-cores against the 4.3 GHz Ryzen 5 7640HS with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
NanoReview Final Score
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7640HS and 7840HS
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
  • More powerful Radeon 780M integrated graphics: 4.1 vs 2.7 TFLOPS
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 5 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#182nd place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
12085
File compression 1120 MB/sec 1000 MB/sec
Clang compilation 102.5 Klines/sec 76.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 217.2 pages/sec 188.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 350 Mpixels/sec 254.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 251.8 pages/sec 263.2 pages/sec
Background blur 59.4 images/sec 52.6 images/sec
Photo processing 87.6 images/sec 75.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 22.5 Mpixels/sec 17.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 753 & 756 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
28292
Integer math 97.1 GOps/sec 72.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 59 GOps/sec 44.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 87M Primes/sec 78M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 40.4M Strings/sec 31.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 20.3 GBytes/sec 15.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 340.4 MBytes/sec 263.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 1362 Frames/sec 1158 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 25.4B Matrices/sec 20B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4310 & 993 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
218.59

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16.9 PPW 13.7 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 223.8 PPW 188.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 523.9 PPW 419.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.05 PPW 3 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-08 (Hari)Cinebench 2024104 / 880
πŸ“˜ 2025-07-31 (Safi ullah)Cinebench 2024102 / 911
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-10 (Johns)Cinebench 2024105 / 929
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-05 (KaniastyGucio)Cinebench 2024100 / 910
πŸ“˜ 2024-12-09 (Anand)Cinebench 202472 / 719
AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-23 (Jakabfi Zsolt)Cinebench 2024102 / 739

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS and Ryzen 5 7640HS

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released January 4, 2023 January 4, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Phoenix) Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Integrated GPU Radeon 780M Radeon 760M
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i7 13620H - Intel Core i5 13420H
Successor - AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS - AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (62nd and 87th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 4.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz 5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 6
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 38x 43x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 25 billions 25 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-54 W (configurable) 35-54 W (configurable)
Socket FP8 FP8
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (93rd and 144th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 780M Radeon 760M
GPU Base Clock 800 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2700 MHz 2600 MHz
Shading Units 768 512
TMUs 48 32
ROPs 32 16
Execution Units 12 8
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
4.1 TFLOPS
2.7 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
- DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS official page AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20
Further details
Notes on Ryzen 7 7840HS:
    - DDR5 memory is supported only on the FP7r2 socket, while FP7 and FP8 sockets support LPDDR5/x.
    - ECC support is available exclusively on the FP7r2 socket.
Notes on Ryzen 5 7640HS:
    - ECC support is available exclusively on the FP7r2 socket.

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS or Ryzen 7 7840HS?
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Eric December 31, 2023 at 04:25 AM
The Ryzen 5 7640HS spec is wrong. From AMD's official website, the GPU is 8CU instead of 6CU as mentioned in this page.
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Jon November 17, 2023 at 10:49 AM
Ryzen 5 is so much more affordable.
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Gue January 1, 2024 at 06:46 PM
There are some Ryzen 7 laptops priced similarly to some Ryzen 5 laptops. So, I would prefer to go with the Ryzen 7.
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Shu May 29, 2024 at 06:28 PM
Gue, No way, bro. Haven't you compared R7 6800H vs the latest 2023 R5 7649HS? 🀣 It's more powerful than that. Go and compare that ASAP!
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SAAG May 31, 2024 at 01:26 AM
Shu, Im debating on the legion 5 slim 16" ryzen 5 7640 hs rtx4060, and the same one but with ryzen 7 7640hs rtx4060, price difference $200
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