Ryzen 7 8840HS vs Ryzen 5 5500GT

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 5500GT and Ryzen 7 8840HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	540	380
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	84.31	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Architecture codename	Cezanne (2021−2022)	Hawk Point-HS (Zen 4)
Release date	8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)	6 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Current price	$115	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 5500GT and Ryzen 7 8840HS 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	12	16
Base clock speed	3.6 GHz	3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.4 GHz	5.1 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB	16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	7 nm	4 nm
Die size	180 mm2	178 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	95 °C	no data
Number of transistors	10,700 million	25,000 million
64 bit support	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	No

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 5500GT and Ryzen 7 8840HS 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	AM4	FP8
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 5500GT and Ryzen 7 8840HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	DDR5-5600/LPDDR5x-7500 RAM, PCIe 4, Ryzen AI, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, SSSE3
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 5500GT and Ryzen 7 8840HS are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 5500GT and Ryzen 7 8840HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR4

DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare

AMD Radeon Vega 7

AMD Radeon 780M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 5500GT and Ryzen 7 8840HS.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	16	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.

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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 7 8840HS outperforms Ryzen 5 5500GT by 23% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	13.18	16.26
Recency	8 January 2024	6 December 2023
Physical cores	6	8
Threads	12	16
Chip lithography	7 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	28 Watt

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