amd ryzen 9 5950x vs intel core i9 9980hk
We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X (Desktop) 16-cores against Intel Core i9 9980HK (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
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
- Newer released 1 years later
- Has 8 more physical cores
- Around 9.4 GB/s (18%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Has 48 MB larger L3 cache size
- Newer PCI Express version – 4
- More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 14
Advantages of Intel Core i9 9980HK
- Newer released 2019 years later
- Consumes up to 57% less energy than the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X – 45 vs 105 Watt
- 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Specifications
General
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | Intel Core i9 9980HK | |
Vendor | AMD | Intel |
Released | October 8 2020 | April 30 2019 |
Type | Desktop | Laptop |
instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
Codename | Vermeer | Coffee Lake-HR |
Socket | AM4 | FCBGA1440 |
Integrated GPU | - | Intel UHD Graphics 630 |
Performance
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | Intel Core i9 9980HK | |
Cores | 16 | 8 |
Threads | 32 | 16 |
Base Frequency | 3.4 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
Turbo Boost Frequency | 4.9 GHz | 5 GHz |
L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
L2 Cache | 512K (per core) | 256K (per core) |
L3 Cache | 64 MB | 16 MB (shared) |
Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Power
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | Intel Core i9 9980HK | |
Fabrication process | 7 nm | 14 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 105 W | 45 W |
Max. temperature | °C | 100°C |
Memory support
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | Intel Core i9 9980HK | |
Memory types | DDR4-3200 | DDR4 |
Memory Size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
Max. Memory Bandwidth | 51.196 GB/s | 41.8 GB/s |
ECC Support | No | No |
iGPU
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | Intel Core i9 9980HK | |
Integrated Graphics | - | Intel UHD Graphics 630 |
GPU Base Clock | MHz | 350 MHz |
GPU Boost Clock | MHz | 1.25 MHz |
Shading Units | 192 | |
TMUs | 24 | |
ROPs | 3 | |
TGP | W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Misc
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | Intel Core i9 9980HK | |
Official site | AMD Ryzen 9 5950X official page | Intel Core i9 9980HK official page |
PCI Express Version | 4 | 3 |
PCI Express Lanes | 16 |