Intel Core i9-10980HK vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 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
6264 points
19% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6654 points
7696 points
15% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4782 points
5820 points
21% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4670 points
5710 points
22% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9027 points
37% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
6544 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

122.88 points
175.52 points
42% slightly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

11641 points
14363 points
23% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
3.3 GHz
37% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz
15% slightly higher turbo speed
4.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
Identical
45 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
Identical
512 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
4 MiB
100% 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
239th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i9
Ryzen 9 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2021 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR4-3200

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 9 5900HX specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 5900HX performs better than the Core i9-10980HK. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10980HK in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-10980HK. Despite this, the Core i9-10980HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 9 5900HX has significantly 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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