AMD Ryzen 7 8840U vs Intel Core i7-14700KF

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AMD Ryzen 7 8840U CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i7-14700KF
AMD Ryzen 7 8840U Intel Core i7-14700KF

CPU comparison

AMD Ryzen 7 8840U or Intel Core i7-14700KF - 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 7 8840U has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.10 GHz. Up to 256 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 7 8840U was released in Q1/2024.

The Intel Core i7-14700KF has 20 cores with 28 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 192 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-14700KF was released in Q4/2023.
AMD Ryzen 7 (68) Family Intel Core i7 (298)
AMD Ryzen 8040 (20) CPU group Intel Core i 14000 (23)
7 Generation 14
Hawk Point (Zen 4) Architecture Raptor Lake S Refresh
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
AMD Ryzen 7 7840U Predecessor Intel Core i7-13700KF
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 7 8840U is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.30 GHz (5.10 GHz). The Intel Core i7-14700KF has 20 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.40 GHz (5.60 GHz).

AMD Ryzen 7 8840U Characteristic Intel Core i7-14700KF
8 Cores 20
16 Threads 28
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? Yes
3.30 GHz (5.10 GHz)
8x Zen 4
A-Core 3.40 GHz (5.60 GHz)
8x Raptor Cove
-- B-Core 2.50 GHz (4.30 GHz)
12x Gracemont

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 7 8840U Characteristic Intel Core i7-14700KF
AMD Ryzen AI AI hardware --
AMD Ryzen™ AI AI specifications --

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.

AMD Radeon 780M GPU no iGPU
0.80 GHz GPU frequency --
2.70 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
3 GPU Generation --
4 nm Technology
4 Max. displays
12 Compute units --
768 Shader --
Yes Hardware Raytracing No
AMD FSR Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version --

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.

AMD Radeon 780M GPU no iGPU
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode Codec VP9 No
Decode Codec VP8 No
Decode / Encode Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Ryzen 7 8840U supports a maximum of 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-14700KF can connect up to 192 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

AMD Ryzen 7 8840U Characteristic Intel Core i7-14700KF
DDR5-4800, DDR5-5600, LPDDR5-6400, LPDDR5X-7500 Memory DDR5-5600, DDR4-3200
256 GB Max. Memory 192 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
120.0 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s
Yes ECC No
8.00 MB L2 Cache 28.00 MB
16.00 MB L3 Cache 33.00 MB
4.0 PCIe version 5.0
20 PCIe lanes 20
39.4 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Ryzen 7 8840U has a TDP of 28 W, that of the Intel Core i7-14700KF is 125 W.

AMD Ryzen 7 8840U Characteristic Intel Core i7-14700KF
28 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 125 W
-- TDP (PL2) 253 W
30 W TDP up --
15 W TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 7 8840U has a 24.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i7-14700KF cache has a total of 61.00 MB.

AMD Ryzen 7 8840U Characteristic Intel Core i7-14700KF
4 nm Technology 10 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
FP8 Socket LGA 1700
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2024 Release date Q4/2023
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 7 8840U (84%)
Intel Core i7-14700KF (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 7 8840U (45%)
Intel Core i7-14700KF (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 7 8840U AMD Ryzen 7 8840U
8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz
1807 (81%)
Intel Core i7-14700KF Intel Core i7-14700KF
20C 28T @ 5.60 GHz
2228 (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 7 8840U AMD Ryzen 7 8840U
8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz
13450 (40%)
Intel Core i7-14700KF Intel Core i7-14700KF
20C 28T @ 5.30 GHz
33572 (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 7 8840U AMD Ryzen 7 8840U
8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz
1917 (87%)
Intel Core i7-14700KF Intel Core i7-14700KF
20C 28T @ 5.60 GHz
2204 (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 7 8840U AMD Ryzen 7 8840U
8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz
9612 (40%)
Intel Core i7-14700KF Intel Core i7-14700KF
20C 28T @ 5.30 GHz
24218 (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 7 8840U AMD Ryzen 7 8840U
8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz
2446 (84%)
Intel Core i7-14700KF Intel Core i7-14700KF
20C 28T @ 5.60 GHz
2898 (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 7 8840U AMD Ryzen 7 8840U
8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz
10726 (54%)
Intel Core i7-14700KF Intel Core i7-14700KF
20C 28T @ 5.30 GHz
19765 (100%)

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 7 8840U AMD Ryzen 7 8840U
13,450 CB R23 MC @ 30 W
448 (100%)
Intel Core i7-14700KF Intel Core i7-14700KF
33,572 CB R23 MC @ 209 W
161 (36%)

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 7 8840U AMD Ryzen 7 8840U
8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-14700KF Intel Core i7-14700KF
20C 28T @ 5.60 GHz
131 (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 7 8840U AMD Ryzen 7 8840U
8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-14700KF Intel Core i7-14700KF
20C 28T @ 5.60 GHz
2021 (100%)

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 7 8840U AMD Ryzen 7 8840U
AMD Radeon 780M @ 2.70 GHz
4201 (100%)
Intel Core i7-14700KF Intel Core i7-14700KF
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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 7 8840U AMD Ryzen 7 8840U
8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-14700KF Intel Core i7-14700KF
20C 28T @ 5.30 GHz
52885 (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 7 8840U AMD Ryzen 7 8840U
8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-14700KF Intel Core i7-14700KF
20C 28T @ 5.30 GHz
908 (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 7 8840U AMD Ryzen 7 8840U
8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-14700KF Intel Core i7-14700KF
20C 28T @ 3.40 GHz
14988 (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 7 8840U AMD Ryzen 7 8840U
8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz
16 (100%)
Intel Core i7-14700KF Intel Core i7-14700KF
20C 28T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)

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