intel core i9 9980hk vs amd ryzen 5 5500u

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We compared two CPUs Intel Core i9 9980HK (Laptop) 8-cores against AMD Ryzen 5 5500U (Laptop) 6-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 Intel Core i9 9980HK and AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
Advantages of Intel Core i9 9980HK
  • Newer released 2019 years later
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 20% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4 GHz)
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4 RAM
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
  • Newer released 2 years later
  • Consumes up to 44% less energy than the Intel Core i9 9980HK – 25 vs 45 Watt
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 14

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
8442
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
14787
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
6920

Specifications

Full technical specification of core i9 9980hk and ryzen 5 5500u

General

Intel Core i9 9980HK AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
Vendor Intel AMD
Released April 30 2019 January 7 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Coffee Lake-HR Lucienne U
Socket FCBGA1440 FP6
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630 AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

Performance

Intel Core i9 9980HK AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
Cores 8 6
Threads 16 12
Base Frequency 2.4 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 5 GHz 4 GHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 16 MB (shared) 8 MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Power

Intel Core i9 9980HK AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
Fabrication process 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 W 25 W
Max. temperature 100°C 105°C

Memory support

Intel Core i9 9980HK AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
Memory types DDR4 DDR4-4266
Memory Size 128 GB 64 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 41.8 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

iGPU

Intel Core i9 9980HK AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630 AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1.25 MHz MHz
Shading Units 192 448
TMUs 24 28
ROPs 3 7
TGP 15 W 0 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.38 TFLOPS
1.108 TFLOPS

Misc

Intel Core i9 9980HK AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
Official site Intel Core i9 9980HK official page AMD Ryzen 5 5500U official page
PCI Express Version 3 3
PCI Express Lanes 16

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U or Intel Core i9 9980HK?