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AMD Ryzen 7 8840U vs AMD Ryzen 7 4700U Comparison

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AMD Ryzen 7 8840U

8 Cores | December 2023

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AMD Ryzen 7 8840U vs AMD Ryzen 7 4700U Comparison Overview
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In this review, we will be comparing Ryzen 7 8840U and Ryzen 7 4700U, two CPUs by AMD. AMD Ryzen 7 8840U was introduced to market in December 2023 and AMD Ryzen 7 4700U was launched in January 2020. As you can see, Ryzen 7 4700U is 3 years older than Ryzen 7 8840U. Let's see if this age difference between two laptops makes a big difference.

Ryzen 7 8840U and Ryzen 7 4700U are members of AMD's Ryzen 7 series of CPUs. Below you can find the latest models from this series.

AMD Ryzen 7 Series History
Model Release Date Fabrication Process Cores / Threads
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
  
January 2024 4nm 8 / 16
AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS
  
December 2023 4nm 8 / 16
AMD Ryzen 7 8840U
December 2023 4nm 8 / 16
AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
  
December 2023 4nm 8 / 16
AMD Ryzen 7 7840U
  
May 2023 4nm 8 / 16
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X
  
January 2023 5nm 10 / 20
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
  
January 2023 5nm 8 / 16
AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
  
January 2023 7nm 8 / 16

Here is a brief look at the main features of AMD Ryzen 7 8840U and AMD Ryzen 7 4700U before getting into our more detailed comparison.

AMD Ryzen 7 8840U Key Specs

  • Launched in December 2023
  • Laptop Type CPU
  • Cores / Threads: 8 / 16
  • Fabrication Process: 4 nm
  • Max RAM Support: 256 GB

AMD Ryzen 7 4700U Key Specs

  • Launched in December 2023
  • Laptop Type CPU
  • Cores / Threads: 8 / 8
  • Fabrication Process: 7 nm
  • Max RAM Support: 32 GB

Let's read on the following sections in order to better understand in detail how Ryzen 7 8840U and Ryzen 7 4700U compares and decide which one is better for you.

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Reasons to choose AMD Ryzen 7 8840U over AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
Release Date
December, 2023 vs January, 2020 Newer Product
Threads
16 vs 8 More Threads, Good Multitasking
Reasons to choose AMD Ryzen 7 4700U over AMD Ryzen 7 8840U
ECC Support
Yes vs No Supports ECC Type RAM

Common Strengths of AMD Ryzen 7 4700U and AMD Ryzen 7 8840U
Integrated GPU
Yes vs Yes Has Integrated GPU
Common Weaknesses of AMD Ryzen 7 4700U and AMD Ryzen 7 8840U
Launch Dates
December 2023 vs January 2020 CPUs are older than 1 year
AMD Ryzen 7 8840U vs AMD Ryzen 7 4700U: Specs Comparison Table

In this section, we will be comparing the specifications the AMD Ryzen 7 8840U and the AMD Ryzen 7 4700U.

Processor
Brand AMD AMD
Model Ryzen 7 8840U Ryzen 7 4700U
Release Date 2023-12-06 2020-01-06
Type Laptop Laptop
Integrated GPU Radeon 780M Radeon Vega 7
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Code Name Zen 4 (Hawk Point) Zen 2 (Renoir)
Memory
Supported Memory Type DDR5-5600, LPDDR5x-7500 DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 32K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
ECC Support No Yes
Memory Channels 2 2
Cores & Clock Speeds
Cores / Threads 8 / 16 8 / 8
Perf. Cores / Threads 8 / 16 8 / 16
Base Frequency None 2.0 GHz
Turbo Frequency None 4.1 GHz
Multiplier 33x 20x
Unlocked Multiplier No No
Connections and Others
Peak Temperature 100 °C 105 °C
Socket FP8 FP6
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 16
Integrated GPU Specs
IGP Name Radeon 780M Radeon Vega 7
GPU Base Clock 1500 300
GPU Boost Clock 2700 1600
TGP 15 W 10-45 W
FLOPS 8.12 TFLOPS 1.108 TFLOPS
ShadingUnitsCores 768 448
TMUs 48 28
ROPs 32 7
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