AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 5825U

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 Mobile 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
4888 points
5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5577 points
6523 points
16% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4389 points
4398 points
0.21% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4371 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score
4293 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

186.26 points
41% slightly higher Blender score
131.31 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7738 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6417 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1930 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1718 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
64% significantly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed
4.5 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
Identical
4 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
357th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Mobile
Ryzen 7 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 January
2022 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Ryzen 9 5980HX vs Ryzen 7 5825U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 5825U 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 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 5980HX has a significantly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 5825U. Also, the Ryzen 9 5980HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 5825U 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. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache and 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.

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