Intel Core i9-11980HK vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

Compare Intel 11th 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

6435 points

7025 points

9% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8714 points

1% slightly better gaming score

8549 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5726 points

6518 points

13% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5566 points

6374 points

14% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10988 points

60% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

6835 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

206.36 points

11% slightly higher Blender score

184.59 points

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

13387 points

15100 points

12% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz

3.30 GHz

26% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

4.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

Identical

45 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB

49% significantly more L1 cache

512 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB

49% significantly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

224th of 1,089

192nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i9

Ryzen 9 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-11980HK vs Ryzen 9 6900HX comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 6900HX beats the Core i9-11980HK in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i9-11980HK has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 6900HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-11980HK. Despite this, the Core i9-11980HK 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.

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 i9-11980HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.