AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX vs Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2

Last updated: 2024-04-12

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX		Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2
CPU comparison AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX or Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.80 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX was released in Q2/2021. The Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to 256 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 was released in Q3/2013.

AMD Ryzen 9 (35)	Family	Intel Xeon E5 (71)
AMD Ryzen 5000H (11)	CPU group	Intel Xeon E5 v2 (15)
4	Generation	4
Cezanne (Zen 3)	Architecture	Ivy Bridge EP
Mobile	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX	Successor	Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX is 3.30 GHz (4.80 GHz) while the Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 has 6 CPU cores and 12 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 is at 3.50 GHz (3.90 GHz).
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX	Characteristic	Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2
8	Cores	6
16	Threads	12
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
3.30 GHz	Frequency	3.50 GHz
4.80 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	3.90 GHz
4.40 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	3.70 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX	Characteristic	Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX or Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir)	GPU	no iGPU
0.40 GHz	GPU frequency	--
1.90 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	--
9	GPU Generation	--
7 nm	Technology
3	Max. displays
8	Compute units	--
512	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
8 GB	Max. GPU Memory	--
12	DirectX Version	--

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir)	GPU	no iGPU
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	No
Decode	Codec VC-1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX can use up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 51.2 GB/s. The Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 supports up to 256 GB of memory in 4 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 59.7 GB/s.
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX	Characteristic	Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2
LPDDR4-4266, DDR4-3200	Memory	DDR3-1866
64 GB	Max. Memory	256 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	4 (Quad Channel)
51.2 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	59.7 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
4.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
16.00 MB	L3 Cache	12.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	3.0
12	PCIe lanes	40
11.8 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX is 45 W, while the Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 has a TDP of 130 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX	Characteristic	Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2
45 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	130 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
90 W	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
105 °C	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX is manufactured in 7 nm and has 20.00 MB cache. The Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 is manufactured in 22 nm and has a 12.00 MB cache.
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX	Characteristic	Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2
7 nm	Technology	22 nm
Chiplet	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
FP6	Socket	LGA 2011
AMD-V, SVM	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2021	Release date	Q3/2013
--	Release price	570 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX (100%)

Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 (42%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX (100%)

Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 (51%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX 8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz	1614 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz	853 (53%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	9265 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	5221 (56%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX 8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz	2023 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz	784 (39%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	7845 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	3824 (49%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX 8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz	604 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz	209 (35%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	4560 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	2053 (45%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	23840 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	12750 (53%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX 8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz	1524 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	13460 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	0 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir) @ 1.90 GHz	1946 (100%)
	Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	403.8 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX 8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	2719 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX 8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz	145 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	1065 (100%)

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