AMD Ryzen 7 1700 vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 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

4724 points
2% slightly better overall score
4629 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5587 points
0.18% slightly better gaming score
5577 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4432 points
0.98% slightly better multitasking score
4389 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4341 points
4371 points
0.69% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3899 points
9299 points
138% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

128.00 points
186.26 points
45% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5186 points
7738 points
49% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1027 points
1930 points
87% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
3.3 GHz
10% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz
4.8 GHz
29% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
45 W
44% significantly lower TDP

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
Identical
4 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

372nd of 1,089
378th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
Ryzen 9 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February
2021 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen 7 1700 vs Ryzen 9 5980HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 1700 beats the Ryzen 9 5980HX in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5980HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 5980HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 1700. Also, the Ryzen 9 5980HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 5980HX outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 1700 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache and 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 Ryzen 7 1700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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