AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX vs Intel Core i5-1245U

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i5 10 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

4629 points
8% slightly better overall score
4282 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5577 points
6145 points
10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4389 points
17% slightly better multitasking score
3732 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4371 points
21% slightly better heavy workload score
3606 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

186.26 points
101% significantly higher Blender score
92.33 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
10
25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
106% significantly higher clock speed
1.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed
4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
15 W
200% significantly lower TDP

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
6.5 MiB
62% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

378th of 1,089
412th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Mobile
12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 January
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 9 5980HX vs Core i5-1245U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-1245U is faster 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 Core i5-1245U has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 9 5980HX. Indeed, the Core i5-1245U has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 9 5980HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5980HX has more threads than the Core i5-1245U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 5980HX has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1245U. Also, the Ryzen 9 5980HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-1245U outputs less heat than Ryzen 9 5980HX 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, the Core i5-1245U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 5980HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5980HX has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-1245U.

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. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5980HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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