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Intel Core i9 11980HK vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

49 out of 100
Intel Core i9 11980HK
VS
48 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
Intel Core i9 11980HK
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 2.6-3.3 GHz Intel Core i9 11980HK against the 3.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5900HX and 11980HK
Advantages of Intel Core i9 11980HK
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • 9% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)
  • 10% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2226 vs 2027 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
  • More powerful Radeon RX Vega 8 integrated graphics: 2.2 vs 0.7 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • Around 17.07 GB/s (33%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i9 11980HK
vs
Ryzen 9 5900HX

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 961.5 MB/sec 734.8 MB/sec
Clang compilation 86.4 Klines/sec 69 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 203.2 pages/sec 145.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 334.4 Mpixels/sec 256.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 222.1 pages/sec 206.4 pages/sec
Background blur 33.9 images/sec 40.2 images/sec
Photo processing 84 images/sec 61 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.5 Mpixels/sec 17.1 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 310 & 576 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 77 GOps/sec 85.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 45.3 GOps/sec 47 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 98M Primes/sec 52M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 31M Strings/sec 29.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.4 GBytes/sec 17.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 259.3 MBytes/sec 284.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 1095 Frames/sec 894 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 17.2B Matrices/sec 19.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 423 & 4129 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i9 11980HK +17%
207.51
Ryzen 9 5900HX
177.14

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 11.8 PPW 12.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 162.2 PPW 157.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 337 PPW 407.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.19 PPW 3.28 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 11980HK and AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released May 11, 2021 January 12, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Tiger Lake Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Model number i9-11980HK -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU) Radeon RX Vega 8
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i9 11980HK
Successor - Intel Core i9 13900HK - AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX
Intel CPU rating (#165th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#123rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.6-3.3 GHz 3.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 4.6 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 26-33x 33x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s -
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-65 W (configurable) 35-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 110 W -
Socket BGA-1787 FP6
Peak Temperature 100°C 105°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU) Radeon RX Vega 8
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1450 MHz 2100 MHz
Shading Units 256 512
TMUs 16 32
ROPs 8 8
Execution Units 32 8
TGP 15 W 25 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i9 11980HK
0.7 TFLOPS
Ryzen 9 5900HX +214%
2.2 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 8 compared to UHD Graphics Xe (32 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s 68.27 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 11980HK official page AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 16

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Comments

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