AMD Ryzen 7 7840U vs Ryzen 5 7640U

57 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7840U
VS
54 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7640U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7840U with 8-cores against the 3.5 GHz Ryzen 5 7640U 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 7640U and 7840U
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7840U
  • More powerful Radeon 780M integrated graphics: 4.1 vs 2.7 TFLOPS
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 4.9 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)

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)
10726
File compression 1110 MB/sec 1190 MB/sec
Clang compilation 82.2 Klines/sec 72.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 210.4 pages/sec 219.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 298.4 Mpixels/sec 267.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 250.6 pages/sec 242.2 pages/sec
Background blur 47.5 images/sec 46.3 images/sec
Photo processing 90.5 images/sec 94.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 17.5 Mpixels/sec 15.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1087 & 695 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
24383
Integer math 89.3 GOps/sec 67.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 50.9 GOps/sec 39.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 79M Primes/sec 72M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 33.5M Strings/sec 28.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 17.4 GBytes/sec 14.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 282.7 MBytes/sec 228.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1245 Frames/sec 1145 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 20B Matrices/sec 16.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 551 & 139 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
199.52
172.19

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 24.3 PPW 19.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 357.5 PPW 347.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 812.8 PPW 675.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.65 PPW 5.74 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 7840U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-03 (Aaron)Cinebench 202493 / 764
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-15 (JP)Cinebench 202496 / 728
AMD Ryzen 5 7640U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-06 (GenerallyThrawn)Geekbench 6 CPU2338 / 10420
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-20 (Doug Trenton)Geekbench 6 CPU2523 / 11201

Specifications

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

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released May 3, 2023 May 3, 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 1370P - Intel Core i5 1340P
Successor - AMD Ryzen 7 250 - AMD Ryzen 5 8640U
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (82nd and 92nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.3 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 33x 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) 15-30 W (configurable) 15-30 W (configurable)
Socket FP8 FP8
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (130th and 161st 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 No No

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 7 7840U official page AMD Ryzen 5 7640U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20
Further details
Notes on Ryzen 5 7640U:
    - 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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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 5 7640U or Ryzen 7 7840U?
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Wrong man June 29, 2023 at 07:43 PM
Remember: Ryzen 5 7640U (6 cores 12 Threads CPU). About iGPU, oops... Error. -> 8 Execution Unit ___ 4 EU for Ryzen 5 7540U (6 cores 12 Threads CPU) 4 EU for Ryzen 3 7440U (4 cores 8 Threads CPU) ___ AMD Phoenix = 7040 series iGPU: 4 or 8, or 12 EU!
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