Ryzen 7 7840HS vs Ryzen 3 3300X

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 3 3300X
2020
4 cores / 8 threads, 65 Watt
8.68
Ryzen 7 7840HS
2023
8 cores / 16 threads, 35 Watt
18.75
+116%

Ryzen 7 7840HS outperforms Ryzen 3 3300X by a whopping 116% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 3300X and Ryzen 7 7840HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking824285
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation34.09no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Architecture codenameMatisse (Zen 2) (2019−2020)Phoenix-HS (Zen 4)
Release date24 April 2020 (4 years ago)January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$120no data
Current price$145 (1.2x MSRP)no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 3300X 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads816
Base clock speed3.8 GHz3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed4.3 GHz5.1 GHz
L1 cache96K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm4 nm
Die size74 mm2178 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)95 °Cno data
Number of transistors3,800 million25,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 3300X 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 configuration11
SocketAM4FP8
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 3300X and Ryzen 7 7840HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x MMX(+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A,-64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA, Precision Boost 2DDR5-5600/LPDDR5x-7500 RAM (incl. ECC), PCIe 4, Ryzen 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++
FMAno data+
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 3300X and Ryzen 7 7840HS are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 3300X and Ryzen 7 7840HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-3200DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon 780M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 3300X and Ryzen 7 7840HS.

PCIe version4.04.0
PCI Express lanes1620

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 3 3300X 8.68
Ryzen 7 7840HS 18.75
+116%

Ryzen 7 7840HS outperforms Ryzen 3 3300X by 116% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Ryzen 3 3300X 13425
Ryzen 7 7840HS 29007
+116%

Ryzen 7 7840HS outperforms Ryzen 3 3300X by 116% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 3 3300X 1660
Ryzen 7 7840HS 2388
+43.9%

Ryzen 7 7840HS outperforms Ryzen 3 3300X by 44% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 3 3300X 5757
Ryzen 7 7840HS 11157
+93.8%

Ryzen 7 7840HS outperforms Ryzen 3 3300X by 94% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Ryzen 3 3300X 5856
Ryzen 7 7840HS 7642
+30.5%

Ryzen 7 7840HS outperforms Ryzen 3 3300X by 30% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Ryzen 3 3300X 25416
Ryzen 7 7840HS 47933
+88.6%

Ryzen 7 7840HS outperforms Ryzen 3 3300X by 89% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Ryzen 3 3300X 6.04
Ryzen 7 7840HS 2.64
+129%

Ryzen 3 3300X outperforms Ryzen 7 7840HS by 129% in wPrime 32.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Ryzen 3 3300X 12
Ryzen 7 7840HS 30
+154%

Ryzen 7 7840HS outperforms Ryzen 3 3300X by 154% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 3 3300X 1071
Ryzen 7 7840HS 2573
+140%

Ryzen 7 7840HS outperforms Ryzen 3 3300X by 140% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 3 3300X 195
Ryzen 7 7840HS 279
+42.8%

Ryzen 7 7840HS outperforms Ryzen 3 3300X by 43% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Ryzen 3 3300X 2.28
Ryzen 7 7840HS 3.31
+45.2%

Ryzen 7 7840HS outperforms Ryzen 3 3300X by 45% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 3 3300X 5.9
Ryzen 7 7840HS 14.8
+151%

Ryzen 7 7840HS outperforms Ryzen 3 3300X by 151% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 3 3300X 7177
+1.6%
Ryzen 7 7840HS 7064

Ryzen 3 3300X outperforms Ryzen 7 7840HS by 2% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 3 3300X 62
Ryzen 7 7840HS 147
+137%

Ryzen 7 7840HS outperforms Ryzen 3 3300X by 137% in x264 encoding pass 2.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 3 3300X 234
Ryzen 7 7840HS 290
+24.1%

Ryzen 7 7840HS outperforms Ryzen 3 3300X by 24% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.68 18.75
Physical cores 4 8
Threads 8 16
Chip lithography 7 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt

The Ryzen 7 7840HS is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 3 3300X in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 3 3300X is a desktop processor while Ryzen 7 7840HS is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 3 3300X and Ryzen 7 7840HS, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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