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AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme vs Ryzen 7 8840U

57 out of 100
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
VS
57 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 8840U
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
AMD Ryzen 7 8840U

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 3.3 GHz AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme against the 3.3 GHz Ryzen 7 8840U. 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 (1)

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 8840U and Extreme
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 8840U
  • Newer - released 8 months later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen Z1 Extreme
vs
Ryzen 7 8840U

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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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)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 1120 MB/sec 983.8 MB/sec
Clang compilation 90.7 Klines/sec 88.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 214.1 pages/sec 235.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 346.1 Mpixels/sec 345.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 271.3 pages/sec 248.3 pages/sec
Background blur 52.2 images/sec 48.3 images/sec
Photo processing 93.4 images/sec 103.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 20.6 Mpixels/sec 20 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)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 89.2 GOps/sec 85.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 52.6 GOps/sec 48.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 73M Primes/sec 78M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 34.8M Strings/sec 32.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 17.6 GBytes/sec 16.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 291.2 MBytes/sec 267.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 1078 Frames/sec 1178 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 21.5B Matrices/sec 18.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1219 & 583 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen Z1 Extreme +14%
176.58
Ryzen 7 8840U
154.88

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 24.4 PPW 24.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 374.1 PPW 382 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 820.1 PPW 779.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.89 PPW 5.16 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
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme and Ryzen 7 8840U

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released April 25, 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 780M
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core Ultra 7 165U
Successor - AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme - AMD Ryzen 7 250
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (79th and 81st 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 25 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 9-30 W (configurable) 15-30 W (configurable)
Socket FP8 FP8
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (126th and 129th 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 Z1 Extreme
4.1 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 8840U
4.1 TFLOPS
See: Radeon 780M benchmarks

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 Z1 Extreme official page AMD Ryzen 7 8840U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Total votes: 88

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 7 8840U or Z1 Extreme?
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yasee August 20, 2024 at 01:20 AM
can you give more igpu benchmarks so that i can choose between onexplayer and lenovo
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