AMD Ryzen 5 5600U vs AMD Ryzen 7 8840HX
We compared two laptop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 5600U with 6 cores 2.3GHz and AMD Ryzen 7 8840HX with 12 cores 2.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U 's Advantages
Integrated graphics card
Lower TDP (25W vs 55W)
AMD Ryzen 7 8840HX 's Advantages
Released 4 years and 3 months late
Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 4266)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3.0)
Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2.3GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 16MB)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 7nm)
Score
General Parameters
Jan 2021
Release Date
Apr 2025
AMD
Manufacturer
AMD
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
-
Cezanne
Core Architecture
Dragon Range
FP6
Socket
AMD Socket FL1
Radeon RX Vega 7
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 610M
-
Generation
Ryzen 7 (Zen 4 (Dragon Range))
Package
-
Transistor Count
13.14 billions
7 nm
Manufacturing Process
5 nm
10-25 W
Power Consumption
55 W
105 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
-
Foundry
TSMC
-
Die Size
2x71 mm²
-
I/O Process Size
6 nm
-
I/O Die Size
122 mm²
CPU Performance
6
Performance Cores
-
12
Performance Core Threads
-
2.3 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.9 GHz
4.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.1 GHz
6
Total Core Count
12
12
Total Thread Count
24
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
23x
Multiplier
29.0
64 K per core
L1 Cache
64 KB per core
512 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
16 MB shared
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
-
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266
Memory Types
DDR5-5200
32 GB
Max Memory Size
-
2
Max Memory Channels
2
51.2 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
-
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
-
300 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
-
1800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
-
448
Shader Units
-
28
Texture Units
-
7
Raster Operation Units
-
10-45 W
Power Consumption
-
1.108 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
-
