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Intel Core i7-920 vs AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS

Last updated: 2026-07-05

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 25 %

Intel Core i7-920

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 14 %

Intel Core i7-920

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 2.93 GHz

525

8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz

2,456

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 2.66 GHz

1,771

8C / 16T · 3.75 GHz

12,135

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 2.93 GHz

513

8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz

1,857

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 2.66 GHz

2,085

8C / 16T · 3.75 GHz

11,334

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-920	AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	AMD Ryzen 7 (79)
CPU group	Intel Core i7 900 (7)	AMD Ryzen 8040 (22)
Architecture	Bloomfield	Hawk Point (Zen 4)
Technology	45 nm	4 nm
Segment	Desktop	Notebook
Socket	LGA 1366	FP8
Predecessor		AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-920	AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 8	8 / 16
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	8x Zen 4
Frequency:	2.66 GHz	3.30 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	2.93 GHz	5.10 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):		3.75 GHz
L2-Cache	1.00 MB	8.00 MB
L3-Cache	8.00 MB	16.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-920	AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
GPU name	no iGPU	AMD Radeon 780M
GPU frequency		0.80 - 2.70 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	12 / 768
Raytracing	✗	✓
Max. displays		4
Max. GPU Memory		32 GB
Technology		4 nm
Release date		Q1/2023

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-920	AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
AI hardware		AMD Ryzen™ AI
AI specifications		AMD Ryzen™ AI (XDNA) @ 16 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-920	AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
Memory	DDR3-1066 (25.6 GB/s)	LPDDR5X-7500 (120.0 GB/s) LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s) DDR5-5600 (89.6 GB/s) DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s)
Max. Memory	24 GB	256 GB
Memory channels	3	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe		4.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth		39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-920	AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
TDP	130 W	28 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up		54 W
TDP down		35 W
T. junction max.		100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-920	AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✗	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
Release date	Q4/2008	Q1/2024
Release price	305 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i7-920 is 3.4 stars (19 ratings), while AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS has received 4.4 stars (184 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i7-920
4C / 8T · 2.66 - 2.93 GHz

★★★★★

AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
8C / 16T · 3.30 - 5.10 GHz

★★★★★