Intel Core i9-10980HK vs AMD Ryzen 5 7535H

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs AMD 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5234 points
5807 points
10% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6654 points
8004 points
20% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4782 points
5107 points
6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4670 points
4941 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
3.30 GHz
37% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
3 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

321st of 1,089
268th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i9
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i9-10980HK vs Ryzen 5 7535H specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-10980HK performs better than the Ryzen 5 7535H. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7535H 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 7535H. Indeed, the Core i9-10980HK has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7535H. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7535H. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7535H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-10980HK. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 7535H has more L2 cache than the Core i9-10980HK. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i9-10980HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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