Intel Core i7-7500U vs AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

Last updated: 2024-04-16

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i7-7500U		AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
CPU comparison Intel Core i7-7500U 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 Intel Core i7-7500U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-7500U was released in Q4/2016. 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.

Intel Core i7 (298)	Family	AMD Ryzen 7 (67)
Intel Core i 7000U (18)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen 7040 (21)
7	Generation	6
Kaby Lake U	Architecture	Phoenix (Zen 4)
Mobile	Segment	Mobile
Intel Core i7-6500U	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Core i7-7500U is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.70 GHz (3.50 GHz). The AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.80 GHz (5.10 GHz).
Intel Core i7-7500U	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
2	Cores	8
4	Threads	16
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.70 GHz	Frequency	3.80 GHz
3.50 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	5.10 GHz
3.50 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.
Intel Core i7-7500U	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.
Intel HD Graphics 620	GPU	AMD Radeon 780M
0.30 GHz	GPU frequency	0.80 GHz
1.05 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	2.70 GHz
9.5	GPU Generation	3
14 nm	Technology	4 nm
3	Max. displays	4
24	Compute units	12
192	Shader	768
No	Hardware Raytracing	Yes
No	Frame Generation	AMD FSR
32 GB	Max. GPU Memory	32 GB
12	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.
Intel HD Graphics 620	GPU	AMD Radeon 780M
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	Decode
No	Codec AV1	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The Intel Core i7-7500U supports a maximum of 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS can connect up to 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
Intel Core i7-7500U	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
DDR4-2133, DDR3-1866	Memory	DDR5-4800, DDR5-5600, LPDDR5-6400, LPDDR5X-7500
32 GB	Max. Memory	256 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
34.1 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	120.0 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	8.00 MB
4.00 MB	L3 Cache	16.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	4.0
12	PCIe lanes	20
11.8 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core i7-7500U has a TDP of 15 W, that of the AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS is 54 W.
Intel Core i7-7500U	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
15 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	54 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	60 W
--	TDP down	35 W
--	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The Intel Core i7-7500U has a 4.00 MB cache, while the AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS cache has a total of 24.00 MB.
Intel Core i7-7500U	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
14 nm	Technology	4 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
BGA 1356	Socket	FP8
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q4/2016	Release date	Q1/2023
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i7-7500U (48%)

AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i7-7500U (16%)

AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS (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.


	Intel Core i7-7500U 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	842 (45%)
	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.


	Intel Core i7-7500U 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	1826 (16%)
	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.


	Intel Core i7-7500U 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	1178 (48%)
	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.


	Intel Core i7-7500U 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	2274 (19%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS 8C 16T @ 4.25 GHz	12135 (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.


	Intel Core i7-7500U Intel HD Graphics 620 @ 1.05 GHz	403 (10%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS AMD Radeon 780M @ 2.70 GHz	4201 (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.


	Intel Core i7-7500U 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	3659 (13%)
	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.


	Intel Core i7-7500U 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	325 (52%)
	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.


	Intel Core i7-7500U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	973 (14%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	6744 (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.


	Intel Core i7-7500U 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	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.


	Intel Core i7-7500U 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	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.


	Intel Core i7-7500U 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	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.


	Intel Core i7-7500U 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS 8C 16T @ 4.25 GHz	15930 (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.


	Intel Core i7-7500U 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	354 (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.


	Intel Core i7-7500U 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	739 (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.


	Intel Core i7-7500U 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	1327.4 (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.


	Intel Core i7-7500U 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	149 (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.


	Intel Core i7-7500U 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	376 (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.


	Intel Core i7-7500U 2.70 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).


	Intel Core i7-7500U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	10 (100%)

Devices using this processor
Intel Core i7-7500U	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
Unknown	Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 14 Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 16

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