AMD Ryzen 5 5600U vs Intel Core i9-9980HK

Ryzen 5 5600U vs Core i9-9980HK comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5600U 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 slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5600U. Indeed, the Core i9-9980HK has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5600U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-9980HK has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 5600U. Also, the Core i9-9980HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600U 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 5600U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-9980HK. 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 5600U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.