AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX vs Intel Xeon X5680

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

1% slightly better overall score

4570 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5577 points

23% slightly better gaming score

4503 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4389 points

4578 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4371 points

4568 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

186.26 points

230% significantly higher Blender score

56.43 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7738 points

212% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2476 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1930 points

262% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

532 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

3.33 GHz

0.79% slightly higher clock speed

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

188% significantly lower TDP

130 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

19404% significantly more L2 cache

0.02 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

1500% significantly more L3 cache

1 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

378th of 1,089

383rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Mobile

Xeon

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 January

2010 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 X5680 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 5980HX beats the Xeon X5680 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon X5680 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 X5680 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon X5680. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon X5680 has a slightly higher clock speed than 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 X5680 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 X5680. The Ryzen 9 5980HX also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.