Ryzen 7 7840HS vs Core 2 Duo SU9400

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo SU9400 and Ryzen 7 7840HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated328
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 Duono data
Power efficiencyno data49.21
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Phoenix-HS (Zen 4) (2023)
Release date20 August 2008 (16 years ago)January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$262no data

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo SU9400 and Ryzen 7 7840HS basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads216
Base clock speed1.4 GHz3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed1.4 GHz5.1 GHz
Bus rate800 MHzno data
L1 cache128 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache3 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache3 MB L2 Cache16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm4 nm
Die size107 mm2178 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Number of transistors410 Million25,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range1.05V-1.15Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo SU9400 and Ryzen 7 7840HS compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1
SocketBGA956FP8
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo SU9400 and Ryzen 7 7840HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataRyzen AI, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo SU9400 and Ryzen 7 7840HS technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo SU9400 and Ryzen 7 7840HS are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo SU9400 and Ryzen 7 7840HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon 780M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo SU9400 and Ryzen 7 7840HS.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Core 2 Duo SU9400 511
Ryzen 7 7840HS 28911
+5558%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Core 2 Duo SU9400 1596
Ryzen 7 7840HS 7642
+379%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Core 2 Duo SU9400 2879
Ryzen 7 7840HS 47933
+1565%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Core 2 Duo SU9400 1197
Ryzen 7 7840HS 15663
+1209%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Core 2 Duo SU9400 59.3
Ryzen 7 7840HS 2.64
+2146%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Core 2 Duo SU9400 1
Ryzen 7 7840HS 30
+3512%

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 8
Threads 2 16
Chip lithography 45 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 35 Watt

Core 2 Duo SU9400 has 250% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 7 7840HS, on the other hand, has 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 1025% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo SU9400 and Ryzen 7 7840HS. We've got no test results to judge.


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