Intel Core i7-9850H vs AMD Ryzen 7 7840H

Last updated: 2023-11-07

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i7-9850H		AMD Ryzen 7 7840H
CPU comparison Intel Core i7-9850H or AMD Ryzen 7 7840H - 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 i7-9850H has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.60 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-9850H was released in Q2/2019. The AMD Ryzen 7 7840H 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 7840H was released in Q1/2023.

Intel Core i7 (298)	Family	AMD Ryzen 7 (68)
Intel Core i 9000H (11)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen 7040 (21)
9	Generation	6
Coffee Lake H Refresh	Architecture	Phoenix (Zen 4)
Mobile	Segment	Mobile
Intel Core i7-8850H	Predecessor	--
Intel Core i7-10850H	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Core i7-9850H is a 6 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.60 GHz (4.60 GHz). The AMD Ryzen 7 7840H has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.80 GHz (5.10 GHz).
Intel Core i7-9850H	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 7840H
6	Cores	8
12	Threads	16
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.60 GHz	Frequency	3.80 GHz
4.60 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	5.10 GHz
3.20 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.
Intel Core i7-9850H	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 7840H
--	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 UHD Graphics 630	GPU	AMD Radeon 780M
0.35 GHz	GPU frequency	0.80 GHz
1.15 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
64 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 UHD Graphics 630	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 i7-9850H supports a maximum of 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 7 7840H can connect up to 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
Intel Core i7-9850H	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 7840H
DDR4-2666	Memory	DDR5-4800, DDR5-5600, LPDDR5-6400, LPDDR5X-7500
128 GB	Max. Memory	256 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
42.7 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	120.0 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	8.00 MB
12.00 MB	L3 Cache	16.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	4.0
16	PCIe lanes	20
15.8 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 i7-9850H has a TDP of 45 W, that of the AMD Ryzen 7 7840H is 54 W.
Intel Core i7-9850H	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 7840H
45 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	54 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	60 W
35 W	TDP down	35 W
100 °C	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The Intel Core i7-9850H has a 12.00 MB cache, while the AMD Ryzen 7 7840H cache has a total of 24.00 MB.
Intel Core i7-9850H	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 7840H
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 1440	Socket	FP8
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2019	Release date	Q1/2023
395 $	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i7-9850H (59%)

AMD Ryzen 7 7840H (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i7-9850H (45%)

AMD Ryzen 7 7840H (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 i7-9850H 6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	1157 (62%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840H 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 i7-9850H 6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz	5207 (46%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840H 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 i7-9850H 6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	1367 (56%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840H 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 i7-9850H 6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz	5788 (48%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840H 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 i7-9850H Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.15 GHz	442 (11%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840H 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 i7-9850H 6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz	11347 (40%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840H 8C 16T @ 4.25 GHz	28412 (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 i7-9850H 6C 12T @ 2.60 GHz	2960 (44%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840H 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	6744 (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 i7-9850H 6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840H 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 i7-9850H 6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840H 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 i7-9850H 6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	459 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840H 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 i7-9850H 6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz	2653 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840H 8C 16T @ 4.25 GHz	0 (0%)

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 i7-9850H 6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840H 8C 16T @ 4.25 GHz	624 (100%)

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 i7-9850H 6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	192 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840H 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 i7-9850H 6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz	1182 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840H 8C 16T @ 4.25 GHz	0 (0%)

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 i7-9850H 6C 12T @ 2.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840H 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	10 (100%)

Devices using this processor
Intel Core i7-9850H	AMD Ryzen 7 7840H
Lenovo ThinkPad P1 2019 Lenovo ThinkPad P53	Unknown

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