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AMD Ryzen 7 8840U vs Ryzen 7 250

57 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 8840U
VS
61 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 250
AMD Ryzen 7 8840U
AMD Ryzen 7 250

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 3.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 8840U against the 3.3 GHz Ryzen 7 250. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 250 and 8840U
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 250
  • Newer - released 1 year and 2 months later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 7 8840U
vs
Ryzen 7 250

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Ryzen 7 8840U
725
Ryzen 7 250 +14%
826
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Ryzen 7 8840U
2382
Ryzen 7 250 +8%
2567
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 8840U +1%
11459
Ryzen 7 250
11322
File compression 983.8 MB/sec 1060 MB/sec
Clang compilation 88.1 Klines/sec 83.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 235.1 pages/sec 233.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 345.7 Mpixels/sec 316.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 248.3 pages/sec 254.9 pages/sec
Background blur 48.3 images/sec 49.6 images/sec
Photo processing 103.3 images/sec 91 images/sec
Ray tracing 20 Mpixels/sec 18.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 10 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 7 8840U
3543
Ryzen 7 250 +4%
3678
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 8840U
23393
Ryzen 7 250 +7%
25034
Integer math 85.6 GOps/sec 91.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 48.9 GOps/sec 53.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 78M Primes/sec 72M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 32.4M Strings/sec 35.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.2 GBytes/sec 17.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 267.5 MBytes/sec 300.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 1178 Frames/sec 1138 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 18.7B Matrices/sec 21.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 583 & 531 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 7 8840U
154.88
Ryzen 7 250 +37%
212.91

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 24.2 PPW 27.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 382 PPW 377.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 779.8 PPW 834.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.16 PPW 7.1 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 8840U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2024-04-19 (koro)Cinebench 202498 / 725
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AMD Ryzen 7 250
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-14 (PRAVEEN PRO)Geekbench 6 CPU2463 / 9185
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-11 (Nidhin)Cinebench 2024101 / 826
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-17 (Sanky)Geekbench 6 CPU2526 / 9803
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-12 (Shrifty)Cinebench 2024103 / 774
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-27 (Arkblade)Geekbench 6 CPU2473 / 9614
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 7 8840U and Ryzen 7 250

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released December 6, 2023 January 7, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Hawk Point) Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Integrated GPU Radeon 780M Radeon 780M
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core Ultra 7 165U - Intel Core Ultra 7 265U
Successor - AMD Ryzen 7 250 -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (81st and 57th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.3 GHz 3.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz 5.1 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 33x 33x
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 -
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 (129th and 89th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 780M Radeon 780M
GPU Base Clock 800 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2700 MHz 2700 MHz
Shading Units 768 768
TMUs 48 48
ROPs 32 32
Execution Units 12 12
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 7 8840U
4.1 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 250
4.1 TFLOPS
See: Radeon 780M benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500		 - LPDDR5X-7500
- DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 7 8840U official page AMD Ryzen 7 250 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

Cast your vote

Choose between two processors
5 (13.2%)
33 (86.8%)
Total votes: 38

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Comments

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