Intel Core i9-10980HK vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4000 Series Desktop 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
5333 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6654 points
7406 points
11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4782 points
2% slightly better multitasking score
4663 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4670 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score
4507 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9027 points
32% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
6809 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

122.88 points
127.97 points
4% slightly higher Blender score

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
3.70 GHz
54% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz
26% slightly higher turbo speed
4.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
44% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
33% slightly more L1 cache
384 KiB

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
100% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

321st of 1,089
308th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i9
Ryzen 5 PRO 4000 Series Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2020 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i9-10980HK vs Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G is faster than the Core i9-10980HK. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10980HK in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-10980HK has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G 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 PRO 4650G CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G has more L2 cache than the Core i9-10980HK. Despite this, the Core i9-10980HK has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G.

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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