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AMD Ryzen 5 3500U vs AMD Ryzen 7 7840U. Specifications, performance, tests

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Q1/2019
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
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2023-05-03
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AMD Ryzen 7 7840U
AMD Ryzen 7 7840U

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 5 3500U or AMD Ryzen 7 7840U? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Ryzen 5 3500U has a base frequency of 2.1 GHz. 4 / 8 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 15 W. Released in Q1 2019.

AMD Ryzen 7 7840U has a base frequency of 3.3 GHz. 8 / 16 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 28 W. Released in 2023-05-03.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 3500U Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    239 left arrow place
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    15 W left arrow 28 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 3500U CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    290 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    266 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    356 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    320 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    482 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    470 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    733 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    677 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    227 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    124 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    286 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    325 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    255 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    247 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    518 place
AMD Ryzen 7 7840U Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 7 7840U
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    78 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 57% better clock speed

    3.3 GHz left arrow 2.1 GHz
  • More number of cores

    4 more cores

    8 left arrow 4
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 38 % higher specified turbo frequency

    5.1 GHz left arrow 3.7 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 7 7840U CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    29 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    74 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    34 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    137 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    13 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
    25 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
    23 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
AMD Ryzen 7 7840U AMD Ryzen 7 7840U
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 3000U left arrow AMD Ryzen 7040
  • Family
    Ryzen left arrow Ryzen
  • Form Factor
    Laptops / Desktops left arrow Laptops / Desktops
  • Generation
    2 left arrow 6
  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Mobile
  • Series
    Ryzen 3000 Series left arrow Ryzen 7000 Series
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    2.1 GHz left arrow 3.3 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    4 left arrow 8
  • CPU Threads
    8 left arrow 16
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Boost Clock
    3.7 GHz left arrow 5.1 GHz
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    3.7 GHz left arrow 5.1 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
    3 GHz left arrow -
  • Core Configuration
    - left arrow 8x Zen 4
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • DirectX Version
    12 left arrow 12
  • Execution units
    8 left arrow 12
  • Generation
    8 left arrow 10
  • GPU Frequency
    1200 MHz left arrow 2700 MHz
  • GPU name
    Radeon Vega 8 Graphics left arrow AMD Radeon 780M
  • GPU Turbo
    No turbo left arrow 2700 MHz
  • Graphics Cores
    8 left arrow 12
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow 4
  • Max. GPU Memory
    2 GB left arrow 32 GB
  • Release date
    Q1/2018 left arrow Q1/2023
  • Shader
    512 left arrow 768
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 4 nm
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • AV1
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • H.264 / AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 7 7840U and AMD Ryzen 5 3500U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    32 GB left arrow 256 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4-2400 left arrow DDR5 (FP7r2) / LPDDR5X (FP7-FP8)
  • PCIe
    PCIe 3.0 left arrow PCIe 4.0
  • PCIe lanes
    12 left arrow -
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow -
  • System Memory Specification
    2400 left arrow -
  • Memory Bandwidth
    - left arrow 89.6 GB/s
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 3500U and AMD Ryzen 7 7840U Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Configurable TDP
    12-35 W left arrow 15-30 W
  • Default TDP
    15 W left arrow 28 W
  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    105 °C left arrow 100 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    15 W left arrow -
  • TDP down
    12 W left arrow 15 W
  • TDP up
    35 W left arrow 30 W
  • TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
    - left arrow 28 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 3500U and AMD Ryzen 7 7840U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Picasso (Zen+) left arrow Phoenix (Zen 4)
  • Codename
    Picasso left arrow Phoenix
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
  • L1-Cache
    0.375 MB left arrow -
  • L2-Cache
    2 MB left arrow 8 MB
  • L3-Cache
    4 MB left arrow 16 MB
  • Manufacturer product ID (tray)
    YM3500C4T4MFG left arrow -
  • Operating systems
    Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit left arrow Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
  • Release date
    Q1/2019 left arrow 2023-05-03
  • Socket
    FP5 left arrow FP7 / FP7r2 / FP8
  • Technology
    12nm left arrow TSMC 4nm FinFET
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • Chip design
    - left arrow Monolithic
  • Documents
    - left arrow Technical data sheet

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 8 threads / linux

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 7840U 4589.619199 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 8 threads / linux
System RAM: 32 GB
OS: Linux x86_64
Motherboard: HP / 8B6E
Duration: 217.883 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 5 3500U and AMD Ryzen 7 7840U.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 SC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

876.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
1807.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 7840U
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 MC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

3544.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
14798.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 7840U
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

727.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
1917.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 7840U
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

2579.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
9612.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 7840U
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games

Higher values are better in this metric.

1229.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
4300.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 7840U

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