Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U vs Ryzen 5 6600U
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U outperforms Ryzen 5 6600U by a considerable 45% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Ryzen 5 6600U and Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 741 | 460 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | AMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+) | no data |
| Power efficiency | 65.71 | 50.93 |
| Architecture codename | Rembrandt-U (Zen 3+) (2022) | Hawk Point (2024) |
| Release date | January 2022 (2 years ago) | 16 April 2024 (less than a year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 5 6600U and Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U 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 cores | 6 (Hexa-Core) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 12 | 16 |
| Base clock speed | 2.9 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.5 GHz | 5.1 GHz |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 16 MB (shared) | 16 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 4 nm |
| Die size | 208 mm2 | 178 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 95 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 25,000 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 6600U and Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U 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 configuration | 1 | 1 |
| Socket | FP7 | FP7 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 28 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 6600U and Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 6600U and Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 6600U and Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5 | DDR5 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon 660M | AMD Radeon 780M |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 6600U and Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U.
| PCIe version | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 20 | 20 |
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 10.81 | 15.64 |
| Integrated graphics card | 16.29 | 18.29 |
| Physical cores | 6 | 8 |
| Threads | 12 | 16 |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 28 Watt |
Ryzen 5 6600U has 86.7% lower power consumption.
Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U, on the other hand, has a 44.7% higher aggregate performance score, 12.3% faster integrated GPU, 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads, and a 50% more advanced lithography process.
The Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 6600U in performance tests.
Be aware that Ryzen 5 6600U is a notebook processor while Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U is a server/workstation one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 6600U and Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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