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AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS vs Intel Core i5-8250U. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q1/2023
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
Released
Q3/2017
Overall score
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Intel Core i5-8250U
Intel Core i5-8250U

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS or Intel Core i5-8250U? Which processor is faster?

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

AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS has a maximum frequency of 3.80 GHz. 8 / 16 Cores. Power consumption of 54 W. Released in Q1/2023.

Intel Core i5-8250U has a maximum frequency of 1.60 GHz. 4 Cores. Power consumption of 15 W. Released in Q3/2017.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    42 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 58% better clock speed

    3.80 GHz left arrow 1.60 GHz
  • More number of cores

    4 times more cores

    8 left arrow 4
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 33% better overclocked clock speed

    5.10 GHz left arrow 3.40 GHz

Positions in all rankings

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

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    44 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    71 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    47 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    154 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    21 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    128 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
    41 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
    80 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    752 left arrow score
  • Performance per watt

    About 0.28 times less performance per watt

    15 W left arrow 54 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i5-8250U CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    334 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    308 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    413 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    344 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    382 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    540 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    849 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    774 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    822 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    34 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    195 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    326 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    93 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    329 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
    46 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    692 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
Intel Core i5-8250U Intel Core i5-8250U
CPU family and group

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

  • Family
    AMD Ryzen 7 left arrow Intel Core i5
  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 7040 left arrow Intel Core i 8000U
  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Mobile
  • Generation
    6 left arrow 8
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Frequency
    3.80 GHz left arrow 1.60 GHz
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.

  • GPU name
    AMD Radeon 780M Graphics left arrow Intel UHD Graphics 620
  • GPU frequency
    1.20 GHz left arrow 0.30 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    2.70 GHz left arrow 1.10 GHz
  • Execution units
    12 left arrow 24
  • Shader
    768 left arrow 192
  • Max. GPU Memory
    32 GB left arrow 64 GB
  • Max. displays
    4 left arrow 3
  • Generation
    10 left arrow 9.5
  • Technology
    4 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Release date
    Q1/2023 left arrow Q3/2016
Hardware codec support

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

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    Decode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    Decode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • AV1
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • AVC
    Decode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-8250U and AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR5-5600LPDDR5X-7500 left arrow DDR4-2400 SO-DIMM
  • Max. Memory
    256 GB left arrow 32 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 (Dual Channel) left arrow 2
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS and Intel Core i5-8250U to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP down
    35 W left arrow --
  • Tjunction max.
    100 °C left arrow --
Technologies and extensions

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

  • Technology
    4 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Socket
    FP8 left arrow BGA 1356
  • L2-Cache
    8.00 MB left arrow --
  • L3-Cache
    16.00 MB left arrow 6.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Phoenix (Zen 4) left arrow Kaby Lake U Refresh
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
  • Release date
    Q1/2023 left arrow Q3/2017
  • Part Number
    100-000001129 left arrow --

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS and Intel Core i5-8250U.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

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
1815
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
897
Intel Core i5-8250U
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
16854
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
3118
Intel Core i5-8250U
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
1952
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
753
Intel Core i5-8250U
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
11712
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
2956
Intel Core i5-8250U
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games
4300
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
422
Intel Core i5-8250U
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks
28412
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
7492
Intel Core i5-8250U

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