Intel Core i7 13650HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7 13650HX with 14-cores against the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS with 8-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 7840HS and 13650HX
Advantages of Intel Core i7 13650HX
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
  • More powerful Radeon 780M integrated graphics: 4.1 vs 0.4 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 10 nanometers
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • 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)
Cinebench Scores (146th and 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)
13327
File compression 1110 MB/sec 1120 MB/sec
Clang compilation 108.1 Klines/sec 102.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 302.3 pages/sec 217.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 382.7 Mpixels/sec 350 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 248.2 pages/sec 251.8 pages/sec
Background blur 56.4 images/sec 59.4 images/sec
Photo processing 112.5 images/sec 87.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 24.4 Mpixels/sec 22.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 953 & 753 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 101.8 GOps/sec 97.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 74.6 GOps/sec 59 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 101M Primes/sec 87M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 40.3M Strings/sec 40.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 21.2 GBytes/sec 20.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 374 MBytes/sec 340.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 1700 Frames/sec 1362 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 22.4B Matrices/sec 25.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 3495 & 4310 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
244.14

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 18.8 PPW 16.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 242.3 PPW 223.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 546.2 PPW 523.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.44 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
Intel Core i7 13650HX
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-04 (ujjwal)Geekbench 6 CPU2536 / 13528
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-21 (John Fernand)Cinebench 2024110 / 1033
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-21 (John Fernand)Cinebench 2024110 / 1033
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-10 (iris)Geekbench 6 CPU2536 / 13872
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-22 -> Awa OcinCinebench 2024111 / 1107
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 Intel Core i7 13650HX and AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 3, 2023 January 4, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Model number i7-13650HX -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (16EU) Radeon 780M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX - Intel Core i7 13620H
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX - AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
Intel CPU rating (#100th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#62nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 12 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.6 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 5.1 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.9 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.6 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 14 8
Total Threads 20 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 26x 38x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Transistors - 25 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 35-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 157 W -
Socket BGA-1964 FP8
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (131st and 93rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (16EU) Radeon 780M
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1550 MHz 2700 MHz
Shading Units 128 768
TMUs 8 48
ROPs 4 32
Execution Units 16 12
TGP 6-15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.4 TFLOPS
4.1 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s -
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 13650HX official page AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 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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