AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX vs Intel Xeon X5675

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon 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

3% slightly better overall score

4455 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5577 points

27% slightly better gaming score

4385 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4389 points

4466 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4371 points

4450 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

186.26 points

245% significantly higher Blender score

53.89 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7738 points

217% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2434 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1930 points

283% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

503 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

7% slightly higher clock speed

3.06 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz

38% slightly higher turbo speed

3.46 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

111% significantly lower TDP

95 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

166% significantly more L2 cache

1.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

378th of 1,089

393rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Mobile

Xeon

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 January

2011 February

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 X5675 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 5980HX is faster than the Xeon X5675. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon X5675 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 5980HX has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Xeon X5675 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon X5675. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 5980HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon X5675. Also, the Ryzen 9 5980HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 5980HX CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon X5675 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 5980HX has more L2 cache than the Xeon X5675. The Ryzen 9 5980HX also has slightly more L3 cache.

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.