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AMD Ryzen 9 7900 vs AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

AMD Ryzen 9 7900

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The AMD Ryzen 9 79 00 is a high-end desktop processorfrom the Raphael series with 12 cores and hyperthreading (SMT), which means it can process up to 24 threads simultaneously. Launched in early 2023, the Ryzen 9 7900 is the fastest 12-core processor with 65 watts TDP.

The Ryzen 9 7900 clocks at 3.7 GHz base clock and reaches up to 5.4 GHz on one core in Turbo mode. This is also the difference to the higher clocked Ryzen 9 7900X.

At first glance, the internal structure of the processor has not changed fundamentally. The AMD Ryzen 9 7900 is still based on the chiplet design consisting of two CCD clusters, each containing a CCX with 8 cores. However, the manufacturing process has been scaled down to 5 nm, which ensures higher clock rates. There is also the IO die, which contains the memory controller and the iGPU, among other things. This is now manufactured in a 6 nm structure width.

The AMD Ryzen 9 7900 can impress in games thanks to the significantly improved IPC.

AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

► remove from comparison AMD R7 7840HS

The Ryzen 7 7840HS is a powerful Phoenix family chip that saw the light of day in H1 2023. The processor features 8 cores (16 threads thanks to SMT support) running at 3.8 GHz. The highest Boost clock speed achievable is 5.1 GHz.

Not only does this APU has full might of the Zen 4 architecture at its disposal, it also comes with the new Ryzen AI technology that's set to make generative AI more ubiquitous than ever before. Last but not the least, the Radeon 780M serves as the integrated GPU.

Architecture & Features

Phoenix family chips are powered by the Zen 4 architecture, much like Dragon Range family chips are. The latter however lacks hardware AI workload acceleration capabilities that Phoenix has. Ryzen AI is coming after Intel's DL Boost and GNA technologies; time will tell if this move by AMD is a good idea.

Perhaps more importantly, Zen 4 introduces AVX512 support (which Zen 3 chips did not have) and, thanks to a plethora of other improvements including larger caches/registers/buffers across the board, is set to bring a double-digit IPC improvement.

Elsewhere, the 7840HS has 16 MB of L3 cache and a seriously fast RAM controller (up to LPDDR5x-7500 and up to DDR5-5600, ECC-enabled memory included). PCI-Express speeds are capped at 1.97 GB/s per lane which corresponds to the 4.0 spec.

This Ryzen 7 series chip is designed to run 64-bit Windows 11, 64-bit Windows 10 or Linux; please note that it isn't overclockable and neither is it user-replaceable. It gets soldered down for good instead (FP7, FP7r2, FP8 socket interfaces).

Performance

The average 7840HS in our database is in the same league as the Core i7-12700H, Core i7-12850HX, Core i9-12900H, Core i9-13900H and also the Ryzen 9 7940HS, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. This is a very fast chip, as of Q3 2023.

Your mileage may vary depending on how high the CPU power limits are and how competent the cooling solution of your system is.

Graphics

The Radeon 780M (12 CUs / 768 shaders, up to 2,700 MHz) is capable of powering 4 monitors simultaneously with resolutions as high as SUHD 4320p. It will also have little issue hardware-encoding and hardware-decoding the most widely used video codecs (AV1, HEVC, AVC). As far as gaming is concerned, the thing will let you play most games at 1080p as long as you are fine with moderate quality settings. Long story short, this is the best iGPU money can buy, as of H2 2023.

Your mileage may vary depending on how high the CPU power limits are, how competent the cooling solution of your system is, how fast the RAM of your system is (there is no dedicated VRAM here).

Power consumption

This Ryzen 7 series chip has a long-term power limit (default TDP) of 35 W to 54 W, giving system makers a choice between improving battery life and making the system they're designing insanely fast. Either way, an active cooling solution is a must for a laptop or a mini-PC built around this APU.

The 7840HS is built with TSMC's 4 nm process for high, as of late 2023, energy efficiency.

ModelAMD Ryzen 9 7900AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
CodenameRaphael (Zen4)Phoenix-HS (Zen 4)
SeriesAMD Raphael (Zen 4, Ryzen 7000)AMD Phoenix (Zen 4)
Series: Phoenix (Zen 4) Phoenix-HS (Zen 4)
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D compare4.2 - 5.7 GHz16 / 32 cores128 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X compare4.7 - 5.6 GHz12 / 24 cores64 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 « 3.7 - 5.4 GHz12 / 24 cores64 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X compare4.5 - 5.4 GHz8 / 16 cores32 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 7700 compare3.8 - 5.3 GHz8 / 16 cores32 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D compare4.2 - 5 GHz8 / 16 cores96 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X compare4.7 - 5.3 GHz6 / 12 cores32 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 compare3.8 - 5.1 GHz6 / 12 cores32 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS compare4 - 5.2 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS compare4 - 5.2 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS « 3.8 - 5.1 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 7840S compare3.8 - 5.1 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS compare4.3 - 5 GHz6 / 12 cores16 MB L3
Clock3700 - 5400 MHz3800 - 5100 MHz
L1 Cache768 KB512 KB
L2 Cache12 MB8 MB
L3 Cache64 MB16 MB
Cores / Threads12 / 248 / 16
TDP65 Watt35 Watt
Transistors9.9 Million
Technology5 nm4 nm
Voltage0.650 - 1.475V V
Die Size262 mm2178 mm2
max. Temp.95 °C100 °C
SocketAM5 (LGA 1718)FP7/FP7r2/FP8
FeaturesMMX(+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, x86-64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512F, FMA3, SHA, Precision Boost 2DDR5-5600/LPDDR5x-7500 RAM (incl. ECC), PCIe 4, Ryzen AI, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
iGPUAMD Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) ( - 2200 MHz)AMD Radeon 780M ( - 2700 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
Announced
Manufacturerwww.amd.comwww.amd.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R9 7900
46.1 pt (77%)
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Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R7 7840HS
40.3 pt (67%)
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Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Single Core
min: 101     avg: 105     median: 105.5 (59%)     max: 107 Points
Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Multi Core
min: 868     avg: 905     median: 900.5 (17%)     max: 956 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
24776 Points (23%)
min: 14784     avg: 16256     median: 16155.5 (15%)     max: 17214 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
1966 Points (83%)
min: 1718     avg: 1770     median: 1775 (75%)     max: 1812 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
762 Points (83%)
min: 668     avg: 687     median: 689 (75%)     max: 705 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
9703 Points (24%)
min: 5761     avg: 6352     median: 6329 (15%)     max: 6744 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
4020 Points (25%)
min: 2300     avg: 2571     median: 2564.5 (16%)     max: 2729 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
315 Points (87%)
min: 270     avg: 277.6     median: 278.5 (77%)     max: 286 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
45.3 Points (59%)
min: 26.65     avg: 29.1     median: 29.6 (38%)     max: 30.25 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
3.7 Points (87%)
min: 3.29     avg: 3.3     median: 3.3 (79%)     max: 3.37 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
8339 Points (50%)
min: 7515     avg: 7597     median: 7582.5 (46%)     max: 7709 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
60934 Points (44%)
min: 43222     avg: 46808     median: 46873 (34%)     max: 50264 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 75752     avg: 82879     median: 84349.5 (54%)     max: 87064 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
min: 13692     avg: 14020     median: 14096 (17%)     max: 14197 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
46.8 s (1%)
min: 71.922     avg: 74.9     median: 74.2 (1%)     max: 79.227 s
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
3 s (1%)
min: 2.626     avg: 3.1     median: 3 (1%)     max: 3.851 s
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
10154 Points (16%)
min: 6428     avg: 7168     median: 7272.5 (12%)     max: 7699 Points
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multi Thread 4 runs
112881 MIPS (65%)
min: 59538     avg: 68862     median: 70062.5 (40%)     max: 73035 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
7936 MIPS (94%)
min: 6049     avg: 6535     median: 6603 (78%)     max: 6754 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
207 fps (5%)
min: 132.45     avg: 142.2     median: 143.5 (4%)     max: 149.3 fps
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
355.5 fps (9%)
min: 280     avg: 286.8     median: 284.5 (7%)     max: 298 fps
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
31.2 fps (55%)
min: 11.7     avg: 19.8     median: 20.4 (36%)     max: 21.8 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
2 GB/s (59%)
min: 1.2     avg: 1.3     median: 1.3 (37%)     max: 1.3 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
3.1 GB/s (53%)
min: 1.8     avg: 2     median: 2 (34%)     max: 2.1 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
21.5 GB/s (56%)
min: 10.2     avg: 13.1     median: 13.7 (36%)     max: 14.9 GB/s
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
199 Seconds (3%)
min: 298     avg: 326.2     median: 319.5 (4%)     max: 463 Seconds
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
125 Seconds (1%)
min: 185     avg: 200.3     median: 197 (1%)     max: 231 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
0.4 sec (8%)
min: 0.4184     avg: 0.4     median: 0.4 (9%)     max: 0.4739 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
19451 Points (41%)
min: 14213     avg: 15393     median: 15555 (33%)     max: 16073 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
6.7 s (1%)
min: 7.112     avg: 7.7     median: 7.4 (2%)     max: 8.774 s
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
13.9 s (1%)
min: 17.676     avg: 19.1     median: 18.6 (1%)     max: 21.271 s
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
329 s (1%)
min: 655.388     avg: 690     median: 689.9 (3%)     max: 724.411 s
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 72488     avg: 80732     median: 81387 (63%)     max: 85884 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
26325 Points (65%)
min: 17320     avg: 22232     median: 22405 (55%)     max: 25584 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 77280     avg: 87663     median: 89482.5 (73%)     max: 93910 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 80023     avg: 88036     median: 88923 (72%)     max: 93208 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 83382     avg: 90268     median: 91995 (74%)     max: 95508 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 13602     avg: 19513     median: 20520 (52%)     max: 21602 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 24338     avg: 27570     median: 27735 (49%)     max: 29343 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
14817 Points (62%)
min: 8903     avg: 10891     median: 11105.5 (47%)     max: 12218 Points
Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 Single-Core
2990 Points (75%)
min: 2585     avg: 2656     median: 2663.5 (67%)     max: 2721 Points
Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 Multi-Core
15725 Points (61%)
min: 11804     avg: 12939     median: 13065.5 (51%)     max: 13498 Points
Geekbench 6.0 - Geekbench 6.0 Single-Core
min: 2848     avg: 2859     median: 2858.5 (91%)     max: 2869 Points
min: 2488     avg: 2570     median: 2580 (82%)     max: 2616 Points
Geekbench 6.0 - Geekbench 6.0 Multi-Core
min: 16864     avg: 16913     median: 16912.5 (69%)     max: 16961 Points
min: 11626     avg: 12609     median: 12670.5 (52%)     max: 13007 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
2203 Points (84%)
min: 1837     avg: 1960     median: 1955 (74%)     max: 2017 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
17880 Points (32%)
min: 8446     avg: 11641     median: 11847 (21%)     max: 12339 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
2096 Points (9%)
min: 1830     avg: 1882     median: 1883 (8%)     max: 1936 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
17581 Points (55%)
min: 8572     avg: 11481     median: 11877 (37%)     max: 12278 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
8861 Points (88%)
min: 7879     avg: 8068     median: 8141 (81%)     max: 8166 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
65241 Points (64%)
min: 42030     avg: 47778     median: 48708 (48%)     max: 48906 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
452 ms (1%)
min: 485     avg: 510     median: 512 (1%)     max: 544 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 91356     avg: 91588     median: 91577 (67%)     max: 91831 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
302 Points (83%)
min: 232     avg: 262.7     median: 263 (72%)     max: 319 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
366 Points (66%)
min: 288     avg: 316.4     median: 320 (57%)     max: 339 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
2322 Points (87%)
min: 1566     avg: 1764     median: 1801 (67%)     max: 1891 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 R9 7900 +
203 Watt (35%)
min: 64.7     avg: 90.9     median: 86.3 (15%)     max: 137.9 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 R9 7900 +
196.9 Watt (36%)
min: 60.6     avg: 95     median: 88.3 (16%)     max: 135.7 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 R9 7900 +
106.9 Watt (71%)
1008%
1 R7 7840HS +
min: 4.73     avg: 13.4     median: 10.6 (7%)     max: 59.2 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 7.09     avg: 13.7     median: 12.6 (15%)     max: 35.5 Watt
Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Cinebench R15 Multi external Monitor
100%
1 R9 7900 +
20.4 Points per Watt (15%)
min: 20.1     avg: 29.3     median: 30.4 (23%)     max: 38 Points per Watt

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 9 7900 → 100% n=44

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS → 77% n=44

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