AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 4900H

Last updated: 2023-08-10

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX		AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
CPU comparison AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX or AMD Ryzen 9 4900H - 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 6980HX has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.00 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX was released in Q1/2022. The AMD Ryzen 9 4900H has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 9 4900H was released in Q2/2020.

AMD Ryzen 9 (35)	Family	AMD Ryzen 9 (35)
AMD Ryzen 6000H/7035H (20)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen 4000H (6)
5	Generation	3
Rembrandt (Zen 3+)	Architecture	Renoir (Zen 2)
Mobile	Segment	Mobile
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX is 3.30 GHz (5.00 GHz) while the AMD Ryzen 9 4900H has 8 CPU cores and 16 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 9 4900H is at 3.30 GHz (4.40 GHz).
AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
8	Cores	8
16	Threads	16
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
3.30 GHz	Frequency	3.30 GHz
5.00 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	4.40 GHz
4.40 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	4.00 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 6980HX	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX or AMD Ryzen 9 4900H 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 680M	GPU	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir)
2.00 GHz	GPU frequency	0.40 GHz
2.40 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	1.75 GHz
9	GPU Generation	9
6 nm	Technology	7 nm
3	Max. displays	3
12	Compute units	8
768	Shader	512
Yes	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
8 GB	Max. GPU Memory	8 GB
12	DirectX Version	12

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 680M	GPU	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir)
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX can use up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 76.8 GB/s. The AMD Ryzen 9 4900H supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 51.2 GB/s.
AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
LPDDR5-6400, DDR5-4800	Memory	LPDDR4-4266, DDR4-3200
64 GB	Max. Memory	64 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
76.8 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	51.2 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
4.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
16.00 MB	L3 Cache	8.00 MB
4.0	PCIe version	3.0
12	PCIe lanes	12
23.6 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	11.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX is 45 W, while the AMD Ryzen 9 4900H has a TDP of 45 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
45 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	45 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
54 W	TDP up	54 W
--	TDP down	35 W
95 °C	Tjunction max.	105 °C
Technical details The AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX is manufactured in 6 nm and has 20.00 MB cache. The AMD Ryzen 9 4900H is manufactured in 7 nm and has a 8.00 MB cache.
AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
6 nm	Technology	7 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
FP7	Socket	FP6
AMD-V, SVM	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2022	Release date	Q2/2020
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX (100%)

AMD Ryzen 9 4900H (76%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX (100%)

AMD Ryzen 9 4900H (75%)

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 6980HX 8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz	1669 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	1284 (77%)

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 6980HX 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	14711 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	11061 (75%)

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 6980HX 8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz	1665 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	1225 (74%)

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 6980HX 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	10645 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	7911 (74%)

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 6980HX 8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz	649 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	501 (77%)

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 6980HX 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	5745 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	4332 (75%)

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 6980HX AMD Radeon 680M @ 2.40 GHz	3686 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir) @ 1.75 GHz	1792 (49%)

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 6980HX 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	25114 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	19330 (77%)

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 6980HX 8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	1659 (100%)

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 6980HX 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	7405 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.


	AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	148 (100%)

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 6980HX 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	202 (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 6980HX 8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H 8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz	4807 (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 6980HX 8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	204 (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 6980HX 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	1937 (100%)

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