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Intel Core Ultra 7 165U vs AMD Ryzen 7 8840U

50 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 165U
VS
57 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 8840U
Intel Core Ultra 7 165U
AMD Ryzen 7 8840U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.7 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 165U with 12-cores against the 3.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 8840U with 8-cores. 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 8840U and 165U
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 165U
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • More than 10° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 8840U
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • More powerful Radeon 780M integrated graphics: 4.1 vs 2 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 7 nanometers
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 7 165U
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 991.6 MB/sec 983.8 MB/sec
Clang compilation 69.9 Klines/sec 88.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 238.5 pages/sec 235.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 284.5 Mpixels/sec 345.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 239.3 pages/sec 248.3 pages/sec
Background blur 41.7 images/sec 48.3 images/sec
Photo processing 93.7 images/sec 103.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.3 Mpixels/sec 20 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 12 & 10 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 7 165U
16657
Ryzen 7 8840U +40%
23393
Integer math 56.6 GOps/sec 85.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 39.8 GOps/sec 48.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 66M Primes/sec 78M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 20.6M Strings/sec 32.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 11.6 GBytes/sec 16.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 182.6 MBytes/sec 267.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 1116 Frames/sec 1178 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 10.2B Matrices/sec 18.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1485 & 583 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 7 165U
112.89
Ryzen 7 8840U +37%
154.88

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 34 PPW 24.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 651.1 PPW 382 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1110.5 PPW 779.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 7.53 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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AMD Ryzen 7 8840U
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 165U and AMD Ryzen 7 8840U

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released December 14, 2023 December 6, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Meteor Lake Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Model number 165U -
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Radeon 780M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 8840U - Intel Core Ultra 7 165U
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265U - AMD Ryzen 7 250
Intel CPU rating (#149th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#81st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 8
P-Threads 4 16
Base Frequency (P) 1.7 GHz 3.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 5.1 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 -
E-Threads 10 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.2 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.8 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 12 8
Total Threads 14 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 17x 33x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 25 billions
Fabrication Process 7 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-15 W (configurable) 15-30 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 57 W -
Socket FCBGA-2049 FP8
Peak Temperature 110°C 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (197th and 129th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Radeon 780M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2000 MHz 2700 MHz
Shading Units 512 768
TMUs 32 48
ROPs 16 32
Execution Units 64 12
TGP 14 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 7 165U
2 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 8840U +105%
4.1 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 780M compared to Arc iGPU (4-Cores)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600		 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 165U 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: 74

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Comments

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