Intel Core i9-9980HK vs AMD Ryzen 3 5425U

Core i9-9980HK vs Ryzen 3 5425U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 5425U performs better than the Core i9-9980HK. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9980HK in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-9980HK has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 3 5425U. Indeed, the Core i9-9980HK has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 3 5425U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 5425U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 5425U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-9980HK. Despite this, the Core i9-9980HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 3 5425U outputs less heat than Core i9-9980HK thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches. The Core i9-9980HK also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i9-9980HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.