AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX Benchmark, Test and specs

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The AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX has 8 cores with 16 threads and is based on the 4. gen of the AMD Ryzen 9 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the FP6 socket and was released in Q2/2021. The AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX scores 1,614 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 9,265 points.
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

At a glance

Name: AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
Family: AMD Ryzen 9 (45)
CPU group: AMD Ryzen 5000H (11)
Architecture: Cezanne (Zen 3)
Technology: 7 nm
Segment: Notebook
Generation: 4
Predecessor: --
Successor: AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX

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). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads: 8 / 16
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 8x
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 3.30 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 4.80 GHz
Turbo Frequency (8 Cores): 4.40 GHz

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX uses the AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir), which has 512 texture shaders and 8 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir)
GPU frequency: 0.40 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.90 GHz
Compute units: 8
Shader: 512
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q1/2020
Max. displays: 3
Generation: 9
Direct X: 12
Technology: 7 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 8 GB
Frame Generation: No

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.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit): Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode / Encode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode / Encode
VP9: Decode / Encode
AV1: No
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The processor can use up to 64 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 51.2 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
LPDDR4-4266
DDR4-3200
51.2 GB/s
51.2 GB/s
Max. Memory: 64 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe: 3.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth: 11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 45 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 45 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: 90 W
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: 105 °C

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX is made in 7 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 20.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology: 7 nm
Chip design: Chiplet
Socket: FP6
L2-Cache: 4.00 MB
L3-Cache: 16.00 MB
AES-NI: Yes
Operating systems: Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Virtualization: AMD-V, SVM
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release date: Q2/2021
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: --

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.


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.
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz
1534
Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz
1534
Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU) Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
8C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
1534
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
1524
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
1521
Intel Core i7-11850H Intel Core i7-11850H
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
1517
Intel Core i7-11370H Intel Core i7-11370H
4C 8T @ 4.80 GHz
1517

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 7 7735HS AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
13766
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U
8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz
13549
Intel Core i7-1280P Intel Core i7-1280P
14C 20T @ 3.00 GHz
13549
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
13460
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U
8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz
13450
AMD Ryzen 7 8840U AMD Ryzen 7 8840U
8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz
13450
AMD Ryzen 7 7840U AMD Ryzen 7 7840U
8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz
13450

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a partial load benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. In the single-core test, only the fastest CPU core is measured. The test run simulates the performance in practice.
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
2040
Intel Core i3-1210U Intel Core i3-1210U
6C 8T @ 4.40 GHz
2040
Intel Core i9-11900H Intel Core i9-11900H
8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz
2040
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
2023
AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS
8C 16T @ 4.75 GHz
2023
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
2004
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
1992

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

The practical Geekbench 6 multi-core benchmark tests the system's performance under partial load. The processor's maximum power consumption is far from being used up.
AMD Ryzen 7 7735U AMD Ryzen 7 7735U
8C 16T @ 2.70 GHz
8020
AMD Ryzen 7 7736U AMD Ryzen 7 7736U
8C 16T @ 2.70 GHz
7967
AMD Ryzen 7 6800U AMD Ryzen 7 6800U
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
7896
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
7845
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz
7841
AMD Ryzen 5 7545U AMD Ryzen 5 7545U
6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz
7841
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz
7841

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 PRO 6950H AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H
8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz
1627
Intel Core i7-1265U Intel Core i7-1265U
10C 12T @ 4.80 GHz
1615
Intel Core i7-1265UL Intel Core i7-1265UL
10C 12T @ 4.80 GHz
1615
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
1614
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 5945 AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 5945
12C 24T @ 4.70 GHz
1613
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS
8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz
1611
Intel Core i7-12700H Intel Core i7-12700H
14C 20T @ 4.70 GHz
1607

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 PRO 6950HS AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
9435
AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
9370
Intel Core i5-1350P Intel Core i5-1350P
12C 16T @ 1.90 GHz
9270
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
9265
Intel Core i7-1270P Intel Core i7-1270P
12C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
9260
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
9235
Intel Core i5-1250P Intel Core i5-1250P
12C 16T @ 2.70 GHz
9136

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 Core i7-11375H Intel Core i7-11375H
4C 8T @ 5.00 GHz
610
Intel Core i9-11950H Intel Core i9-11950H
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
610
Intel Core i9-11980HK Intel Core i9-11980HK
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
610
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
604
AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS
8C 16T @ 4.75 GHz
604
Intel Core i9-11900H Intel Core i9-11900H
8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz
599
Intel Xeon W-11855M Intel Xeon W-11855M
6C 12T @ 4.90 GHz
599

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 Core i9-11900KB Intel Core i9-11900KB
8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz
4712
AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS
8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz
4710
Intel Xeon W-11855M Intel Xeon W-11855M
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz
4586
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
4560
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
4546
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5875U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5875U
8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz
4446
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
4332

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 Core i7-1365U Intel Core i7-1365U
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) @ 1.30 GHz
1993
Intel Core Ultra 7 165U Intel Core Ultra 7 165U
Intel Iris Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Meteor Lake) @ 2.00 GHz
1985
AMD Ryzen 7 3780U AMD Ryzen 7 3780U
AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.40 GHz
1971
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir) @ 1.90 GHz
1946
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir) @ 1.90 GHz
1946
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir) @ 1.90 GHz
1946
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir) @ 1.90 GHz
1946

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 7 7435HS AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS
8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
24325
Intel Core i5-12600HX Intel Core i5-12600HX
12C 16T @ 2.50 GHz
24105
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
24035
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
23840
AMD Ryzen 7 6800H AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
23788
Intel Xeon W-11865MRE Intel Xeon W-11865MRE
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
23717
AMD Ryzen 7 8840U AMD Ryzen 7 8840U
8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz
23654

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