AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS vs Intel Core i9-9980HK

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 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

6179 points
73% significantly better overall score
3558 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7639 points
65% significantly better gaming score
4626 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5707 points
67% significantly better multitasking score
3403 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5585 points
54% significantly better heavy workload score
3616 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6228 points
8280 points
32% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

160.71 points
20% slightly higher Blender score
132.90 points

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
25% slightly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
5 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
28% slightly lower TDP
45 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

8 KiB
512 KiB
6300% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

240th of 1,089
480th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Mobile
9th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 9 5900HS vs Core i9-9980HK comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 5900HS 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.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 5900HS has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-9980HK. A Ryzen 9 5900HS CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-9980HK CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 5900HS has more L2 cache than the Core i9-9980HK. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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 9 5900HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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