Intel Core i9-11980HK vs AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Z1 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
1% slightly better overall score
6328 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8714 points
12% slightly better gaming score
7752 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5726 points
5895 points
2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5566 points
5789 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10988 points
68% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
6531 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

206.36 points
21% slightly higher Blender score
169.56 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

13387 points
14960 points
11% 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

2.6 GHz
3.30 GHz
26% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
5.1 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
28 W
60% significantly lower TDP

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
234th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i9
Ryzen Z1

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 May
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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 i9-11980HK vs Ryzen Z1 Extreme comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Z1 Extreme performs better than the Core i9-11980HK. Despite this, the Core i9-11980HK has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-11980HK.

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

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