AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4000 Series Mobile 6 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

12% slightly better overall score

4132 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5577 points

5983 points

7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4389 points

23% slightly better multitasking score

3549 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4371 points

27% slightly better heavy workload score

3422 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

186.26 points

107% significantly higher Blender score

89.80 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7738 points

69% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

4568 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1930 points

46% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1316 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

57% significantly higher clock speed

2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz

20% slightly higher turbo speed

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

33% slightly more L2 cache

3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

100% significantly more L3 cache

8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

378th of 1,089

425th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Mobile

Ryzen 5 PRO 4000 Series Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 January

2020 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Ryzen 9 5980HX vs Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 5980HX is faster than the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 5980HX has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 5980HX has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U. Also, the Ryzen 9 5980HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U 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. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5980HX has slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U. The Ryzen 9 5980HX also has significantly more 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 5980HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.