AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX vs Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 core CPU vs Intel 18 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

6495 points

40% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5577 points

5724 points

2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4389 points

6803 points

55% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4371 points

6991 points

59% significantly better heavy workload score

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9299 points

36% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

6829 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

186.26 points

231.70 points

24% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7738 points

8186 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1930 points

70% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1134 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

125% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

125% significantly more threads

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

222% significantly lower TDP

145 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

378th of 1,089

221st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

Ryzen 9 5980HX vs Xeon E5-2696 v3 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 5980HX performs better than the Xeon E5-2696 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2696 v3 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2696 v3 has significantly more cores with 18 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 5980HX has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 5980HX. A Ryzen 9 5980HX CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2696 v3 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.