Ryzen 7 8840HX vs Ryzen 5 5600H

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Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking834not rated
Place by popularity59not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)no data
Power efficiency22.29no data
DesignerAMDAMD
Manufacturerno dataTSMC
Architecture codenameCezanne-H (Zen 3) (2021)Dragon Range (2025)
Release date12 January 2021 (4 years ago)23 April 2025 (recently)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 5600H and Ryzen 7 8840HX 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads1224
Base clock speed3.3 GHz2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz5.1 GHz
Multiplier33no data
L1 cache384 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache3 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB64 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm5 nm
Die sizeno data2x 71 mm2
Number of transistorsno data13,140 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 5600H and Ryzen 7 8840HX 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
SocketFP6FL1
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 5600H and Ryzen 7 8840HX. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEno data
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 5600H and Ryzen 7 8840HX are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 5600H and Ryzen 7 8840HX. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon RX Vega 7 ( - 1800 MHz)AMD Radeon 610M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 5600H and Ryzen 7 8840HX.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data28

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 6.90 2.70
Recency 12 January 2021 23 April 2025
Physical cores 6 12
Threads 12 24
Chip lithography 7 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 55 Watt

Ryzen 5 5600H has 155.6% faster integrated GPU, and 22.2% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 7 8840HX, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between AMD Ryzen 5 5600H and AMD Ryzen 7 8840HX. We've got no test results to judge.

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