amd ryzen 9 6980hx vs intel core i9 12950hx

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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX (Laptop) 8-cores against Intel Core i9 12950HX (Laptop) 16-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 6980HX and Intel Core i9 12950HX
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX
  • Consumes up to 18% less energy than the Intel Core i9 12950HX – 45 vs 55 Watt
  • More modern manufacturing process – 6 versus 7
  • Unlocked multiplier
Advantages of Intel Core i9 12950HX
  • Newer released 0 years later
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Has 14 MB larger L3 cache size

Benchmarks

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

Specifications

Full technical specification of ryzen 9 6980hx and core i9 12950hx

General

AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX Intel Core i9 12950HX
Vendor AMD Intel
Released January 4 2022 May 10 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Rembrandt H Alder Lake-HX
Socket FP7 FCBGA1964
Integrated GPU AMD Radeon 680M Intel® UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel® Processors

Performance

AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX Intel Core i9 12950HX
Cores 8 16
Threads 16 24
Base Frequency 3.3 GHz 2.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 5 GHz 5 GHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 1.25 MB (per core)
L3 Cache 16 MB (shared) 30 MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Power

AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX Intel Core i9 12950HX
Fabrication process 6 nm Intel 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 W 55 W
Max. temperature 95°C 100°C

Memory support

AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX Intel Core i9 12950HX
Memory types DDR5-4800 DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Memory Size GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

iGPU

AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX Intel Core i9 12950HX
Integrated Graphics AMD Radeon 680M Intel® UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel® Processors
GPU Base Clock 2000 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock MHz 1.55 MHz
Shading Units 768 256
TMUs 48 16
ROPs 32 8
Execution Units 32
TGP 15 W 45 W
iGPU FLOPS
3.686 TFLOPS
0.74 TFLOPS

Misc

AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX Intel Core i9 12950HX
Official site AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX official page Intel Core i9 12950HX official page
PCI Express Version 4
PCI Express Lanes 20

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i9 12950HX or AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX?