amd ryzen 9 6900hx vs intel core i9 11980hk

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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX (Laptop) 8-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 6900HX and Intel Core i9 11980HK
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
  • Newer released 1 years later
  • Consumes up to 31% less energy than the Intel Core i9 11980HK – 45 vs 65 Watt
  • More modern manufacturing process – 6 versus 10
Advantages of Intel Core i9 11980HK
  • Newer released 2021 years later
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 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)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)

Specifications

Full technical specification of ryzen 9 6900hx and core i9 11980hk

General

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX Intel Core i9 11980HK
Vendor AMD Intel
Released January 4 2022 May 11 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Rembrandt H Tiger Lake H45
Socket FP7 FCBGA1787
Integrated GPU AMD Radeon 680M Intel® UHD Graphics for 11th Gen Intel® Processors

Performance

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX Intel Core i9 11980HK
Cores 8 8
Threads 16 16
Base Frequency 3.3 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 16 MB (shared) 24 MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Power

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX Intel Core i9 11980HK
Fabrication process 6 nm 10 nm SuperFin
Power consumption (TDP) 45 W 65 W
Max. temperature 95°C 100°C

Memory support

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX Intel Core i9 11980HK
Memory types DDR5-4800 DDR4, DDR4
Memory Size GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 51.2 GB/s
ECC Support No No

iGPU

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX Intel Core i9 11980HK
Integrated Graphics AMD Radeon 680M Intel® UHD Graphics for 11th Gen Intel® Processors
GPU Base Clock 2000 MHz 350 MHz
GPU Boost Clock MHz 1.45 MHz
Shading Units 768 256
TMUs 48 16
ROPs 32 8
Execution Units 32
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
3.686 TFLOPS
0.742 TFLOPS

Misc

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX Intel Core i9 11980HK
Official site AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX 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 6900HX?