Ryzen 7 8840U vs Ryzen 5 5600X

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 5600X
2020
6 cores / 12 threads, 65 Watt
14.16
Ryzen 7 8840U
2023
8 cores / 16 threads, 28 Watt
15.71
+10.9%

Ryzen 7 8840U outperforms Ryzen 5 5600X by a moderate 11% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 5600X and Ryzen 7 8840U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking483409
Place by popularity15not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation33.28no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5no data
Architecture codenameVermeer (Zen 3)Hawk Point-U (Zen 4)
Release date5 November 2020 (3 years ago)6 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299no data
Current price$288 (1x MSRP)no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 5600X 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1216
Base clock speed3.7 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed4.6 GHz5.1 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache32 MB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm4 nm
Die size2x 80.7 + 125 (I/O) mm2178 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)95 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data25,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 5600X 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 configuration11
SocketAM4FP8
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

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

Instruction set extensionsDDR4-3200 RAM, PCIe 4, MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHADDR5-5600/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 5600X and Ryzen 7 8840U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

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

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5
Maximum memory size128 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-AMD Radeon 780M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 5600X and Ryzen 7 8840U.

PCIe version4.04.0
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.


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 5 5600X 14.16
Ryzen 7 8840U 15.71
+10.9%

Ryzen 7 8840U outperforms Ryzen 5 5600X by 11% 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 5 5600X 21901
Ryzen 7 8840U 24306
+11%

Ryzen 7 8840U outperforms Ryzen 5 5600X by 11% 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 5 5600X 2094
Ryzen 7 8840U 2234
+6.7%

Ryzen 7 8840U outperforms Ryzen 5 5600X by 7% 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 5 5600X 8658
Ryzen 7 8840U 9541
+10.2%

Ryzen 7 8840U outperforms Ryzen 5 5600X by 10% 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 5 5600X 6462
Ryzen 7 8840U 7381
+14.2%

Ryzen 7 8840U outperforms Ryzen 5 5600X by 14% 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 5 5600X 39331
Ryzen 7 8840U 41306
+5%

Ryzen 7 8840U outperforms Ryzen 5 5600X by 5% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Ryzen 5 5600X 14576
+2.3%
Ryzen 7 8840U 14245

Ryzen 5 5600X outperforms Ryzen 7 8840U by 2% in 3DMark06 CPU.

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 5 5600X 3.89
Ryzen 7 8840U 3.28
+18.6%

Ryzen 5 5600X outperforms Ryzen 7 8840U by 19% 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 5 5600X 22
Ryzen 7 8840U 24
+10.6%

Ryzen 7 8840U outperforms Ryzen 5 5600X by 11% 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 5 5600X 1968
Ryzen 7 8840U 2024
+2.8%

Ryzen 7 8840U outperforms Ryzen 5 5600X by 3% 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 5 5600X 254
Ryzen 7 8840U 263
+3.5%

Ryzen 7 8840U outperforms Ryzen 5 5600X by 4% 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 5 5600X 2.95
Ryzen 7 8840U 3.22
+9.2%

Ryzen 7 8840U outperforms Ryzen 5 5600X by 9% 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 5 5600X 10.7
Ryzen 7 8840U 11.5
+7.5%

Ryzen 7 8840U outperforms Ryzen 5 5600X by 7% in TrueCrypt AES.

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 5 5600X 117
Ryzen 7 8840U 119
+1.4%

Ryzen 7 8840U outperforms Ryzen 5 5600X by 1% 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 5 5600X 320
+19.9%
Ryzen 7 8840U 267

Ryzen 5 5600X outperforms Ryzen 7 8840U by 20% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.16 15.71
Recency 5 November 2020 6 December 2023
Physical cores 6 8
Threads 12 16
Chip lithography 7 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 28 Watt

The Ryzen 7 8840U is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 5600X in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 5 5600X is a desktop processor while Ryzen 7 8840U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 5600X and Ryzen 7 8840U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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