AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS vs Ryzen 5 8640HS

61 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
VS
52 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS with 8-cores against the 3.5 GHz Ryzen 5 8640HS 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 8640HS 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
  • 21% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2577 vs 2127 points
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS
  • Newer - released 11 months later

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 928.4 MB/sec
Clang compilation 102.5 Klines/sec 53.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 217.2 pages/sec 169.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 350 Mpixels/sec 200 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 251.8 pages/sec 237.7 pages/sec
Background blur 59.4 images/sec 37.6 images/sec
Photo processing 87.6 images/sec 72.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 22.5 Mpixels/sec 11.2 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1] – 753 & 63 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 67.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 59 GOps/sec 39.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 87M Primes/sec 71M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 40.4M Strings/sec 27.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 20.3 GBytes/sec 13.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 340.4 MBytes/sec 225.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 1362 Frames/sec 1002 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 25.4B Matrices/sec 15.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4310 & 286 samples

Blender

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

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16.9 PPW 19.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 223.8 PPW 262.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 523.9 PPW 661.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.05 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 8640HS
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS and Ryzen 5 8640HS

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released January 4, 2023 December 6, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Phoenix) Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Integrated GPU Radeon 780M Radeon 760M
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i7 13620H -
Successor - AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (62nd and 100th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz 4.9 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 6
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 38x 35x
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) 20-30 W (configurable)
Socket FP8 FP8
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (93rd and 181st 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 8640HS 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.

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