Ryzen 7 7840HS vs i3-N305

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Aggregate performance score

Core i3-N305
2023
8 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
6.28
Ryzen 7 7840HS
2023
8 cores / 16 threads, 35 Watt
18.20
+190%

Ryzen 7 7840HS outperforms Core i3-N305 by a whopping 190% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i3-N305 and Ryzen 7 7840HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1073333
Place by popularity78not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Power efficiency39.6249.21
Architecture codenameAlder Lake-N (2023)Phoenix-HS (Zen 4) (2023)
Release date3 January 2023 (1 year ago)January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$309no data

Detailed specifications

Core i3-N305 and Ryzen 7 7840HS basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores8 (Octa-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads816
Base clock speed0.1 GHz3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz5.1 GHz
L1 cache96 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB (per module)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache6 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nm4 nm
Die sizeno data178 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Number of transistorsno data25,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Core i3-N305 and Ryzen 7 7840HS compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketFCBGA1264FP8
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i3-N305 and Ryzen 7 7840HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Ryzen AI, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
GPIO+no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Core i3-N305 and Ryzen 7 7840HS technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i3-N305 and Ryzen 7 7840HS are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i3-N305 and Ryzen 7 7840HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4, DDR5DDR5
Maximum memory size16 GBno data
Max memory channels1no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD GraphicsAMD Radeon 780M ( - 2700 MHz)
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency1.25 GHzno data
Execution Units32no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i3-N305 and Ryzen 7 7840HS integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i3-N305 and Ryzen 7 7840HS integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096 x 2160@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096 x 2160@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i3-N305 and Ryzen 7 7840HS integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i3-N305 and Ryzen 7 7840HS.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes920
USB revision2.0/3.2no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i3-N305 6.28
Ryzen 7 7840HS 18.20
+190%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

i3-N305 9980
Ryzen 7 7840HS 28912
+190%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

i3-N305 5651
Ryzen 7 7840HS 7642
+35.2%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

i3-N305 26169
Ryzen 7 7840HS 47933
+83.2%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

i3-N305 9081
Ryzen 7 7840HS 15663
+72.5%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

i3-N305 35.77
Ryzen 7 7840HS 2.64
+1255%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

i3-N305 11
Ryzen 7 7840HS 30
+165%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

i3-N305 829
Ryzen 7 7840HS 2573
+210%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

i3-N305 165
Ryzen 7 7840HS 279
+69.1%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

i3-N305 2.05
Ryzen 7 7840HS 3.31
+61.5%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

i3-N305 5.5
Ryzen 7 7840HS 14.8
+169%

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

i3-N305 3377
Ryzen 7 7840HS 7064
+109%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

i3-N305 56
Ryzen 7 7840HS 147
+162%

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

i3-N305 203
Ryzen 7 7840HS 290
+43.1%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

i3-N305 4644
Ryzen 7 7840HS 11874
+156%

Blender(-)

i3-N305 589
+201%
Ryzen 7 7840HS 196

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

i3-N305 1071
Ryzen 7 7840HS 1964
+83.3%

7-Zip Single

i3-N305 4105
Ryzen 7 7840HS 6618
+61.2%

7-Zip

i3-N305 21239
Ryzen 7 7840HS 70330
+231%

WebXPRT 3

i3-N305 185
Ryzen 7 7840HS 321
+73.1%

CrossMark Overall

i3-N305 881
Ryzen 7 7840HS 1801
+104%

WebXPRT 4 Overall

i3-N305 145
Ryzen 7 7840HS 263
+81%

Blender v3.3 Classroom CPU(-)

i3-N305 1199
+276%
Ryzen 7 7840HS 319

Geekbench 6.3 Multi-Core

i3-N305 4727
Ryzen 7 7840HS 13112
+177%

Geekbench 6.3 Single-Core

i3-N305 1318
Ryzen 7 7840HS 2670
+103%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 6.28 18.20
Integrated graphics card 5.58 18.32
Threads 8 16
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 35 Watt

i3-N305 has 133.3% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 7 7840HS, on the other hand, has a 189.8% higher aggregate performance score, 228.3% faster integrated GPU, and 100% more threads.

The Ryzen 7 7840HS is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i3-N305 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Core i3-N305 and Ryzen 7 7840HS, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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