AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX vs Intel Core i9-9880H

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

4629 points
4654 points
0.54% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5577 points
6160 points
10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4389 points
5% slightly better multitasking score
4177 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4371 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score
4061 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

186.26 points
44% significantly higher Blender score
128.53 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7738 points
26% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6125 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1930 points
40% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1369 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

3.3 GHz
43% significantly higher clock speed
2.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
Identical
4.8 GHz

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

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

378th of 1,089
374th 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 January
2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4-2666

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 i9-9880H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-9880H 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.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5980HX has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-9880H. In addition, both chips have the same 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 5980HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-9880H. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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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