Intel Core i9-9880H vs AMD Ryzen 5 5560U

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 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

4654 points
4837 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6160 points
6909 points
12% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4177 points
4216 points
0.93% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4061 points
4083 points
0.54% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

128.53 points
24% slightly higher Blender score
103.14 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

8752.5 points
14% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
7667 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6125 points
6293 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1369 points
1663 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) 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

2.30 GHz
0.13% slightly higher clock speed
2.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
20% slightly higher turbo speed
4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
15 W
200% significantly lower TDP

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

374th of 1,089
361st of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i9
Ryzen 5 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May
2021 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i9-9880H vs Ryzen 5 5560U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5560U is faster than the Core i9-9880H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9880H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-9880H has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5560U. Indeed, the Core i9-9880H has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5560U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5560U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-9880H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5560U. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 5560U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-9880H. Despite this, the Core i9-9880H has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 5560U.

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 i9-9880H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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