Core i5-14500HX vs Ryzen 7 7840HS

The Core i5-14500HX packs 14 cores / 20 threads, while the Ryzen 7 7840HS offers 8 cores / 16 threads — the Core i5-14500HX has 6 more cores. Boost clocks reach 4.9 GHz on the Core i5-14500HX versus 5.1 GHz on the Ryzen 7 7840HS — a 4% clock advantage for the Ryzen 7 7840HS (base: 2.6 GHz vs 3.8 GHz). The Core i5-14500HX uses the Raptor Lake-HX Refresh (2024) architecture (Intel 7 nm), while the Ryzen 7 7840HS uses Phoenix-HS (Zen 4) (2023) (4 nm). In PassMark, the Core i5-14500HX scores 28,383 against the Ryzen 7 7840HS's 28,538 — a 0.5% lead for the Ryzen 7 7840HS. Geekbench 6 single-core — the metric most relevant to gaming — records 2,409 vs 1,962, a 20.5% lead for the Core i5-14500HX that directly translates to higher frame rates. Multi-core Geekbench: 13,150 vs 11,898 (10% advantage for the Core i5-14500HX). L3 cache: 24 MB (total) on the Core i5-14500HX vs 16 MB (total) on the Ryzen 7 7840HS.

The Core i5-14500HX uses the FCBGA1964 socket (PCIe 5.0), while the Ryzen 7 7840HS uses FP8 (PCIe 4.0) — making them incompatible on the same motherboard. Both support up to DDR5-5600 memory speed. The Ryzen 7 7840HS supports up to 256 GB of RAM compared to 192 GB — 28.6% more capacity for professional workloads. Both feature 2-channel memory with ECC support. Both provide 20 PCIe lanes. Chipset compatibility: HM770 (Core i5-14500HX) and FP7,FP7r2,FP8 (Ryzen 7 7840HS).

Both processors feature an unlocked multiplier for overclocking. Only the Ryzen 7 7840HS supports AVX-512 instructions — important for machine learning and scientific applications. Virtualization support: VT-x, VT-d (Core i5-14500HX) vs AMD-V, SVM (Ryzen 7 7840HS). Both include integrated graphics — Intel UHD Graphics (Core i5-14500HX) and Radeon 780M (Ryzen 7 7840HS) — useful as a fallback for troubleshooting or display output without a dedicated GPU. Primary use case: Core i5-14500HX targets Gaming Laptop, Ryzen 7 7840HS targets High-performance Laptop / Mini-PC. Direct competitor: Ryzen 7 7840HS rivals Core i7-13700H.