AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX vs Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 10 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

4% slightly better overall score

4438 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5577 points

15% slightly better gaming score

4819 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4389 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

4302 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4371 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

4265 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

186.26 points

85% significantly higher Blender score

100.42 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7738 points

100% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3854 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1930 points

242% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

563 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

17% slightly higher clock speed

2.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz

33% slightly higher turbo speed

3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

155% significantly lower TDP

115 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

378th of 1,089

396th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Mobile

Xeon E5 v2 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 January

2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 9 5980HX vs Xeon E5-2680 v2 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 5980HX performs better than the Xeon E5-2680 v2. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2680 v2 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2680 v2 has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 5980HX has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 5980HX. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 5980HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2680 v2. Also, the Ryzen 9 5980HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 5980HX CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2680 v2 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.