AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 3 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
5020 points
8% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5577 points
6843 points
22% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4389 points
4448 points
1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4371 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score
4307 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9299 points
67% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
5545 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

186.26 points
31% slightly higher Blender score
141.41 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
166% significantly more cores
3

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
166% significantly more threads
6

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
3.6 GHz
9% slightly higher clock speed

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
44% significantly lower TDP
65 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache
3 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
345th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Mobile
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 January
2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Ryzen 9 5980HX vs Ryzen 5 5500GT benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5500GT 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 5980HX has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 5500GT that has 3 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500GT. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500GT has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 5980HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5980HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 5980HX CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5500GT 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 9 5980HX has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 5500GT. 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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