Intel Core i9-10980HK vs AMD Ryzen 5 4500

Core i9-10980HK vs Ryzen 5 4500 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-10980HK beats the Ryzen 5 4500 in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 4500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-10980HK has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 4500. Indeed, the Core i9-10980HK has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 4500. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 4500. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 4500 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i9-10980HK. Despite this, the Core i9-10980HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-10980HK CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 4500 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 4500 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i9-10980HK. Despite this, the Core i9-10980HK has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 4500.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i9-10980HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.