AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Ryzen 7 7840HS

48 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
VS
61 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 3.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX against the 3.8 GHz Ryzen 7 7840HS. 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 7840HS and 5900HX
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
  • Unlocked multiplier
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • More powerful Radeon 780M integrated graphics: 4.1 vs 2.2 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 7 nanometers
  • Newer - released 2 years later
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • 27% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2577 vs 2027 points
  • 11% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 4.6 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 734.8 MB/sec 1120 MB/sec
Clang compilation 69 Klines/sec 102.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 145.5 pages/sec 217.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 256.9 Mpixels/sec 350 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 206.4 pages/sec 251.8 pages/sec
Background blur 40.2 images/sec 59.4 images/sec
Photo processing 61 images/sec 87.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 17.1 Mpixels/sec 22.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 576 & 753 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 85.1 GOps/sec 97.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 47 GOps/sec 59 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 52M Primes/sec 87M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 29.7M Strings/sec 40.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 17.9 GBytes/sec 20.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 284.2 MBytes/sec 340.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 894 Frames/sec 1362 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 19.3B Matrices/sec 25.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4129 & 4310 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 12.9 PPW 16.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 157.5 PPW 223.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 407.4 PPW 523.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.28 PPW 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 9 5900HX
No benchmark results yet
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

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX and Ryzen 7 7840HS

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released January 12, 2021 January 4, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Cezanne) Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 8 Radeon 780M
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i9 11980HK - Intel Core i7 13620H
Successor - AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX - AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (123rd and 62nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.3 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.6 GHz 5.1 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 33x 38x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Transistors - 25 billions
Fabrication Process 7 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-54 W (configurable) 35-54 W (configurable)
Socket FP6 FP8
Peak Temperature 105Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon RX Vega 8 Radeon 780M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2100 MHz 2700 MHz
Shading Units 512 768
TMUs 32 48
ROPs 8 32
Execution Units 8 12
TGP 25 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
2.2 TFLOPS
4.1 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
- DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 68.27 GB/s -
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX official page AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 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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9 (11.1%)
72 (88.9%)
Total votes: 81

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