amd ryzen 9 5950x vs intel core i9 11980hk

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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X (Desktop) 16-cores against Intel Core i9 11980HK (Laptop) 8-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved

Key Differences

What are the key differences between AMD Ryzen 9 5950X and Intel Core i9 11980HK
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Has 40 MB larger L3 cache size
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10
Advantages of Intel Core i9 11980HK
  • Newer released 1 years later
  • Consumes up to 38% less energy than the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X – 65 vs 105 Watt
  • Around 0.0 GB/s (0%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
26164
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
46616
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
18586

Specifications

Full technical specification of ryzen 9 5950x and core i9 11980hk

General

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Intel Core i9 11980HK
Vendor AMD Intel
Released October 8 2020 May 11 2021
Type Desktop Laptop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Vermeer Tiger Lake H45
Socket AM4 FCBGA1787
Integrated GPU - Intel® UHD Graphics for 11th Gen Intel® Processors

Performance

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Intel Core i9 11980HK
Cores 16 8
Threads 32 16
Base Frequency 3.4 GHz 2.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 4.9 GHz 5 GHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 1.25 MB (per core)
L3 Cache 64 MB 24 MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Power

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Intel Core i9 11980HK
Fabrication process 7 nm 10 nm SuperFin
Power consumption (TDP) 105 W 65 W
Max. temperature °C 100°C

Memory support

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Intel Core i9 11980HK
Memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4, DDR4
Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 51.196 GB/s 51.2 GB/s
ECC Support No No

iGPU

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Intel Core i9 11980HK
Integrated Graphics - Intel® UHD Graphics for 11th Gen Intel® Processors
GPU Base Clock MHz 350 MHz
GPU Boost Clock MHz 1.45 MHz
Shading Units 256
TMUs 16
ROPs 8
Execution Units 32
TGP W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
TFLOPS
0.742 TFLOPS

Misc

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Intel Core i9 11980HK
Official site AMD Ryzen 9 5950X official page Intel Core i9 11980HK official page
PCI Express Version 4 4
PCI Express Lanes 20

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i9 11980HK or AMD Ryzen 9 5950X?