AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX vs Intel Xeon W-10855M

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon W 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

4738 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5577 points

6797 points

21% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4389 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

4108 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4371 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

3975 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

186.26 points

126% significantly higher Blender score

82.06 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7738 points

34% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

5753 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1930 points

29% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1494 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

17% slightly higher clock speed

2.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz

5.1 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

Identical

45 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

378th of 1,089

371st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Mobile

Xeon W

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

DDR4-2933

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 9 5980HX vs Xeon W-10855M specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 5980HX is faster than the Xeon W-10855M. Despite this, the Xeon W-10855M 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 Xeon W-10855M has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon W-10855M. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 5980HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon W-10855M. Despite this, the Xeon W-10855M has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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.