AMD Ryzen 5 4500U vs Intel Core i9-9980HK

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 core CPU vs Intel 9th Generation Core i9 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

3472 points
3558 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5565 points
20% slightly better gaming score
4626 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2824 points
3403 points
20% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2709 points
3616 points
33% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

69.25 points
132.90 points
91% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

6
16
166% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz
2.4 GHz
4% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
5 GHz
25% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
200% significantly lower TDP
45 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
512 KiB
33% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache
2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
16 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

487th of 1,089
480th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile
9th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 June
2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 4500U vs Core i9-9980HK comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-9980HK beats the Ryzen 5 4500U in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 4500U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-9980HK has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 4500U that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 4500U. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-9980HK has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 4500U. A Ryzen 5 4500U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-9980HK CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 4500U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-9980HK. Despite this, the Core i9-9980HK has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 4500U.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Ryzen 5 4500U has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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