i5-14500 vs Ryzen 7 8840U

Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 7 8840U
2023
8 cores / 16 threads, 28 Watt
15.01
Core i5-14500
2024
14 cores / 20 threads, 65 Watt
20.15
+34.2%

Core i5-14500 outperforms Ryzen 7 8840U by a substantial 34% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 8840U and Core i5-14500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking473281
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data67.63
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Power efficiency50.4729.18
Architecture codenameHawk Point-U (Zen 4) (2023)Raptor Lake-R (2023−2024)
Release date6 December 2023 (1 year ago)8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$232

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 8840U and Core i5-14500 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)14 (Tetradeca-Core)
Threads1620
Base clock speed3.3 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed5.1 GHz5 GHz
Bus rateno data154 MHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography4 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size178 mm2215 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Number of transistors25,000 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 8840U and Core i5-14500 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
SocketFP8FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)28 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 8840U and Core i5-14500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsRyzen AI, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, SSSE3Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
SIPP-+
Precision Boost 2+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 7 8840U and Core i5-14500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 8840U and Core i5-14500 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 8840U and Core i5-14500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory sizeno data192 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data76.8 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon 780M ( - 2700 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 770
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.55 GHz
Execution Unitsno data32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 7 8840U and Core i5-14500 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 7 8840U and Core i5-14500 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2160 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 7 8840U and Core i5-14500 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 8840U and Core i5-14500.

PCIe version4.05.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanes2016

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 7 8840U 15.01
i5-14500 20.15
+34.2%

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.

Ryzen 7 8840U 23844
i5-14500 32002
+34.2%

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.

Ryzen 7 8840U 2215
i5-14500 2538
+14.6%

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.

Ryzen 7 8840U 9404
i5-14500 13270
+41.1%

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.

Ryzen 7 8840U 7381
i5-14500 9388
+27.2%

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.

Ryzen 7 8840U 41306
i5-14500 52699
+27.6%

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.

Ryzen 7 8840U 14245
i5-14500 15233
+6.9%

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.

Ryzen 7 8840U 3.28
+13.1%
i5-14500 3.71

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.

Ryzen 7 8840U 24
i5-14500 29
+19.5%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Ryzen 7 8840U 1782
i5-14500 2435
+36.7%

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.

Ryzen 7 8840U 266
i5-14500 273
+2.8%

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.

Ryzen 7 8840U 3.22
i5-14500 3.31
+2.8%

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.

Ryzen 7 8840U 11.5
i5-14500 12.4
+7.8%

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.  

Ryzen 7 8840U 119
i5-14500 138
+16.4%

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.  

Ryzen 7 8840U 267
i5-14500 318
+19.1%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 7 8840U 9636
i5-14500 10543
+9.4%

Blender(-)

Ryzen 7 8840U 283
+26.9%
i5-14500 223

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 7 8840U 1879
i5-14500 1898
+1%

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 7 8840U 5993
i5-14500 6198
+3.4%

7-Zip

Ryzen 7 8840U 54009
i5-14500 54851
+1.6%

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 7 8840U 302
+8.6%
i5-14500 278

CrossMark Overall

Ryzen 7 8840U 1566
i5-14500 1625
+3.8%

WebXPRT 4 Overall

Ryzen 7 8840U 248
i5-14500 262
+5.6%

Blender v3.3 Classroom CPU(-)

Ryzen 7 8840U 413
+4.2%
i5-14500 396

Geekbench 6.3 Multi-Core

Ryzen 7 8840U 10428
i5-14500 10644
+2.1%

Geekbench 6.3 Single-Core

Ryzen 7 8840U 2533
i5-14500 2583
+2%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 15.01 20.15
Integrated graphics card 18.33 6.16
Recency 6 December 2023 8 January 2024
Physical cores 8 14
Threads 16 20
Power consumption (TDP) 28 Watt 65 Watt

Ryzen 7 8840U has 197.6% faster integrated GPU, and 132.1% lower power consumption.

i5-14500, on the other hand, has a 34.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 month, and 75% more physical cores and 25% more threads.

The Core i5-14500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 7 8840U in performance tests.

Be aware that Ryzen 7 8840U is a notebook processor while Core i5-14500 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 7 8840U and Core i5-14500, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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