AMD Ryzen 5 5600H vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 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

4862 points
5% slightly better overall score
4629 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6603 points
18% slightly better gaming score
5577 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4311 points
4389 points
1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4176 points
4371 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4965 points
9299 points
87% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

116.70 points
186.26 points
59% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5695 points
7738 points
35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1590 points
1930 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
Identical
3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
4.8 GHz
14% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
Identical
45 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
4 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

358th of 1,089
378th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile
Ryzen 9 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2021 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Ryzen 5 5600H vs Ryzen 9 5980HX benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5600H performs better than the Ryzen 9 5980HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 5980HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 5980HX has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5600H. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5980HX has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5600H. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600H. In terms of clock speed, the Ryzen 5 5600H and Ryzen 9 5980HX are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5980HX 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. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5980HX has slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5600H. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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 Ryzen 5 5600H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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