AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

Last updated: 2024-02-05

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
CPU comparison AMD Ryzen 5 3600X or AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD Ryzen 5 3600X has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.40 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 3600X was released in Q3/2019. The AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.10 GHz. The CPU supports up to 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS was released in Q1/2023.

AMD Ryzen 5 (85)	Family	AMD Ryzen 7 (68)
AMD Ryzen 3000 (15)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen 7040 (21)
3	Generation	6
Matisse (Zen 2)	Architecture	Phoenix (Zen 4)
Desktop / Server	Segment	Mobile
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X	Predecessor	--
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X	Successor	AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Ryzen 5 3600X is a 6 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.80 GHz (4.40 GHz). The AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.80 GHz (5.10 GHz).
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
6	Cores	8
12	Threads	16
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
Yes	Overclocking ?	No
3.80 GHz	Frequency	3.80 GHz
4.40 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	5.10 GHz
4.20 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	4.25 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
--	AI hardware	AMD Ryzen AI
--	AI specifications	AMD dedicated AI XDNA Technology

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
no iGPU	GPU	AMD Radeon 780M
	GPU frequency	0.80 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	2.70 GHz
--	GPU Generation	3
	Technology	4 nm
	Max. displays	4
--	Compute units	12
--	Shader	768
No	Hardware Raytracing	Yes
No	Frame Generation	AMD FSR
--	Max. GPU Memory	32 GB
--	DirectX Version	12

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
no iGPU	GPU	AMD Radeon 780M
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP9	Decode
No	Codec VP8	Decode
No	Codec AV1	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AVC	Decode
No	Codec VC-1	Decode
No	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The AMD Ryzen 5 3600X supports a maximum of 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS can connect up to 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
DDR4-3200	Memory	DDR5-4800, DDR5-5600, LPDDR5-6400, LPDDR5X-7500
128 GB	Max. Memory	256 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
51.2 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	120.0 GB/s
Yes	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	8.00 MB
32.00 MB	L3 Cache	16.00 MB
4.0	PCIe version	4.0
20	PCIe lanes	20
39.4 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Ryzen 5 3600X has a TDP of 95 W, that of the AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS is 54 W.
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
95 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	54 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	60 W
--	TDP down	35 W
95 °C	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The AMD Ryzen 5 3600X has a 32.00 MB cache, while the AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS cache has a total of 24.00 MB.
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
7 nm	Technology	4 nm
Chiplet	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
AM4 (PGA 1331)	Socket	FP8
AMD-V, SVM	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2019	Release date	Q1/2023
215 $	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 5 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X (71%)

AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 6 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X (60%)

AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	69 (68%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS 8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz	102 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	468 (54%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS 8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz	866 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	1301 (74%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS 8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz	1757 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	9704 (61%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS 8C 16T @ 4.25 GHz	15930 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	1245 (67%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS 8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz	1857 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	6992 (62%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS 8C 16T @ 4.25 GHz	11334 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	1605 (65%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS 8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz	2456 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	6822 (56%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS 8C 16T @ 4.25 GHz	12135 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	18267 (64%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS 8C 16T @ 4.25 GHz	28412 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	503 (81%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS 8C 16T @ 4.25 GHz	624 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz	4083 (61%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	6744 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	501 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS 8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	3751 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS 8C 16T @ 4.25 GHz	0 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS AMD Radeon 780M @ 2.70 GHz	4201 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.


	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	142 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS 8C 16T @ 4.25 GHz	0 (0%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	233.9 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS 8C 16T @ 4.25 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	204 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS 8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	1647 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS 8C 16T @ 4.25 GHz	0 (0%)

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.


	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS 15,930 CB R23 MC @ 55 W	287 (100%)

Performance for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).


	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	10 (100%)

Devices using this processor
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
dercomputerladen PC mit Ryzen 5 3600X Memory Gaming PC mit Ryzen 5 3600X	Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 14 Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 16

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