AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX vs Intel Xeon E-2146G

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E 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
4649 points
0.43% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5577 points
6235 points
11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4389 points
5% slightly better multitasking score
4175 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4371 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score
4056 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7738 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6385 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1930 points
23% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1557 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
3.5 GHz
6% slightly higher clock speed

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
77% significantly lower TDP
80 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

378th of 1,089
375th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Mobile
Xeon E

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 January
2018 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4-2666

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 9 5980HX vs Xeon E-2146G comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E-2146G 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 Ryzen 9 5980HX has slightly more cores than the Xeon E-2146G. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5980HX has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Xeon E-2146G. It also has more threads than the Xeon E-2146G. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E-2146G 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 Xeon E-2146G CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5980HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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