Ryzen 7 8840U vs Processor U300
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 7 8840U outperforms Processor U300 by a whopping 158% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1236 | 532 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Raptor Lake-U | no data |
| Power efficiency | 35.95 | 49.74 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | Intel | TSMC |
| Architecture codename | Raptor Lake-U (2023) | Hawk Point-U (Zen 4) (2023−2025) |
| Release date | 4 January 2023 (2 years ago) | 6 December 2023 (1 year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $193 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Processor U300 and Ryzen 7 8840U 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 cores | 5 (Penta-Core) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 6 | 16 |
| Base clock speed | 1.2 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.4 GHz | 5.1 GHz |
| Bus rate | 55 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 80K (per core) | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1.25 MB (per core) | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 8 MB (shared) | 16 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 4 nm |
| Die size | no data | 178 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 25,000 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Processor U300 and Ryzen 7 8840U 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 configuration | 1 | 1 |
| Socket | Intel BGA 1744 | FP8 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 28 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Processor U300 and Ryzen 7 8840U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Ryzen AI, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, SSSE3 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| TSX | + | - |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Security technologies
Processor U300 and Ryzen 7 8840U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Processor U300 and Ryzen 7 8840U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Processor U300 and Ryzen 7 8840U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4, DDR5 Dual-channel | DDR5 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs ( - 1100 MHz) | AMD Radeon 780M ( - 2700 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Processor U300 and Ryzen 7 8840U.
| PCIe version | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 8 | 20 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core
7-Zip Single
7-Zip
WebXPRT 4 Overall
Blender v3.3 Classroom CPU(-)
Geekbench 6.4 Multi-Core
Geekbench 6.4 Single-Core
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 5.63 | 14.55 |
| Integrated graphics card | 4.16 | 16.61 |
| Recency | 4 January 2023 | 6 December 2023 |
| Physical cores | 5 | 8 |
| Threads | 6 | 16 |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 28 Watt |
Processor U300 has 86.7% lower power consumption.
Ryzen 7 8840U, on the other hand, has a 158.4% higher aggregate performance score, 299.3% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 11 months, 60% more physical cores and 166.7% more threads, and a 150% more advanced lithography process.
The AMD Ryzen 7 8840U is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Processor U300 in performance tests.
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