Intel Atom C5325 vs AMD Ryzen 7 4980U

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Intel Atom C5325 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Ryzen 7 4980U
Intel Atom C5325 AMD Ryzen 7 4980U

CPU comparison

Intel Atom C5325 or AMD Ryzen 7 4980U - 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 Intel Atom C5325 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.40 GHz. Up to 256 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Atom C5325 was released in Q2/2022.

The AMD Ryzen 7 4980U 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 7 4980U was released in Q2/2021.
Intel Atom (108) Family AMD Ryzen 7 (70)
Intel Atom C5000 (5) CPU group AMD Ryzen 4000U (11)
6 Generation 3
Parker Ridge Architecture Renoir (Zen 2)
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Atom C5325 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Atom C5325 is 2.40 GHz while the AMD Ryzen 7 4980U has 8 CPU cores and 16 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 7 4980U is at 2.00 GHz (4.40 GHz).

Intel Atom C5325 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 7 4980U
8 Cores 8
8 Threads 16
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.40 GHz Frequency 2.00 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.40 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Intel Atom C5325 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 7 4980U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Atom C5325 or AMD Ryzen 7 4980U 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.

no iGPU GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir)
GPU frequency 0.40 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.95 GHz
-- GPU Generation 9
Technology 7 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 8
-- Shader 512
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 8 GB
-- 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.

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

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Atom C5325 can use up to 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 46.9 GB/s. The AMD Ryzen 7 4980U supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 51.2 GB/s.

Intel Atom C5325 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 7 4980U
DDR4-2933 Memory LPDDR4-4266, DDR4-3200
256 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
46.9 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
Yes ECC Yes
9.00 MB L2 Cache 4.00 MB
-- L3 Cache 8.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
16 PCIe lanes 12
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Atom C5325 is 41 W, while the AMD Ryzen 7 4980U has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Atom C5325 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 7 4980U
41 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up 25 W
-- TDP down 10 W
100 °C Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The Intel Atom C5325 is manufactured in 10 nm and has 9.00 MB cache. The AMD Ryzen 7 4980U is manufactured in 7 nm and has a 12.00 MB cache.

Intel Atom C5325 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 7 4980U
10 nm Technology 7 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, Intel QAT ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
BGA 2106 Socket FP6
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2022 Release date Q2/2021
-- Release price --
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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.
Intel Atom C5325 Intel Atom C5325
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 7 4980U AMD Ryzen 7 4980U
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
1262 (100%)

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.
Intel Atom C5325 Intel Atom C5325
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 7 4980U AMD Ryzen 7 4980U
8C 16T @ 2.00 GHz
10214 (100%)

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.
Intel Atom C5325 Intel Atom C5325
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 7 4980U AMD Ryzen 7 4980U
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
1169 (100%)

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.
Intel Atom C5325 Intel Atom C5325
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 7 4980U AMD Ryzen 7 4980U
8C 16T @ 2.00 GHz
7865 (100%)

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.
Intel Atom C5325 Intel Atom C5325
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
462 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 7 4980U AMD Ryzen 7 4980U
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Atom C5325 Intel Atom C5325
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
2418 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 7 4980U AMD Ryzen 7 4980U
8C 16T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Atom C5325 Intel Atom C5325
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 7 4980U AMD Ryzen 7 4980U
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
491 (100%)

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.
Intel Atom C5325 Intel Atom C5325
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 7 4980U AMD Ryzen 7 4980U
8C 16T @ 2.00 GHz
3911 (100%)

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.
Intel Atom C5325 Intel Atom C5325
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 7 4980U AMD Ryzen 7 4980U
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir) @ 1.95 GHz
1997 (100%)

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.
Intel Atom C5325 Intel Atom C5325
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 7 4980U AMD Ryzen 7 4980U
8C 16T @ 2.00 GHz
17470 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Atom C5325 AMD Ryzen 7 4980U
Unknown Microsoft Surface

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