Ryzen 7 7840U vs i5-7600K

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Aggregate performance score

Core i5-7600K
2017
4 cores / 4 threads, 91 Watt
4.28
Ryzen 7 7840U
2023
8 cores / 16 threads, 28 Watt
15.71
+267%

Ryzen 7 7840U outperforms Core i5-7600K by a whopping 267% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-7600K and Ryzen 7 7840U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1374435
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.01no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i5 (Desktop)AMD Phoenix (Zen 4, Ryzen 7040)
Power efficiency4.4553.10
Architecture codenameKaby Lake (2016−2019)Phoenix-U (Zen 4) (2023)
Release date3 January 2017 (7 years ago)May 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$242no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core i5-7600K and Ryzen 7 7840U 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads416
Base clock speed3.8 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz5.1 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate8 GT/sno data
Multiplier38no data
L1 cache256 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache6 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm4 nm
Die sizeno data178 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data25,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-7600K and Ryzen 7 7840U 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketFCLGA1151FP8
Power consumption (TDP)91 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-7600K and Ryzen 7 7840U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2no data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
TSX+-
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Core i5-7600K and Ryzen 7 7840U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
Identity Protection+-
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-7600K and Ryzen 7 7840U 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 i5-7600K and Ryzen 7 7840U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR5-5600
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics 630AMD Radeon 780M ( - 2700 MHz)
Max video memory64 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.15 GHzno data
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-7600K and Ryzen 7 7840U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-7600K and Ryzen 7 7840U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-7600K and Ryzen 7 7840U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.5no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-7600K and Ryzen 7 7840U.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes1620

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.

i5-7600K 4.28
Ryzen 7 7840U 15.71
+267%

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.

i5-7600K 6802
Ryzen 7 7840U 24956
+267%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

i5-7600K 1529
Ryzen 7 7840U 2081
+36.1%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

i5-7600K 4261
Ryzen 7 7840U 8744
+105%

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.

i5-7600K 6814
+2.2%
Ryzen 7 7840U 6669

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.

i5-7600K 24179
Ryzen 7 7840U 38490
+59.2%

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.

i5-7600K 8532
Ryzen 7 7840U 12482
+46.3%

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.

i5-7600K 8.49
Ryzen 7 7840U 3.51
+142%

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.

i5-7600K 8
Ryzen 7 7840U 23
+188%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

i5-7600K 674
Ryzen 7 7840U 1990
+195%

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.

i5-7600K 180
Ryzen 7 7840U 264
+47.1%

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.

i5-7600K 2.02
Ryzen 7 7840U 2.79
+38.1%

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.

i5-7600K 3.3
Ryzen 7 7840U 8.5
+156%

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.

i5-7600K 3570
Ryzen 7 7840U 5723
+60.3%

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.  

i5-7600K 46
Ryzen 7 7840U 109
+136%

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.  

i5-7600K 223
Ryzen 7 7840U 237
+6.4%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.28 15.71
Integrated graphics card 3.11 18.32
Physical cores 4 8
Threads 4 16
Chip lithography 14 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 91 Watt 28 Watt

Ryzen 7 7840U has a 267.1% higher aggregate performance score, 489.1% faster integrated GPU, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 225% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 7 7840U is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i5-7600K in performance tests.

Note that Core i5-7600K is a desktop processor while Ryzen 7 7840U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Core i5-7600K and Ryzen 7 7840U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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