AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-08-10

The AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX has 8 cores with 16 threads and is based on the 5. gen of the AMD Ryzen 9 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the FP7 socket and was released in Q1/2022. The AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX scores 1,665 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 10,645 points.

CPU lineage
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Name:	AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX
Family:	AMD Ryzen 9 (35)
CPU group:	AMD Ryzen 6000H/7035H (20)
Architecture:	Rembrandt (Zen 3+)
Segment:	Mobile
Generation:	5
Predecessor:	AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
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). 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 Zen 3+

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	3.30 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	5.00 GHz
Turbo Frequency (8 Cores):	4.40 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.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

The AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX uses the AMD Radeon 680M, which has 768 texture shaders and 12 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name:	AMD Radeon 680M
GPU frequency:	2.00 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	2.40 GHz
Compute units:	12
Shader:	768
Hardware Raytracing:	Yes
Release date:	Q1/2022

Max. displays:	3
Generation:	9
Direct X:	12
Technology:	6 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:	Decode
AVC:	Decode / Encode
VC-1:	Decode
JPEG:	Decode / Encode

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 64 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 76.8 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

LPDDR5-6400 DDR5-4800	51.2 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
Max. Memory:	64 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	No
PCIe:	4.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth:	23.6 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:	54 W
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	95 °C

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX is made in 6 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:	6 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	FP7
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:	Q1/2022
Release price:	--
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX
8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz (5.00 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX 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.


	Intel Core i9-11900K 8C 16T @ 5.30 GHz	1686
	Intel Core i9-11900KF 8C 16T @ 5.30 GHz	1686
	Intel Core i3-1220P 10C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	1685
	AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX 8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz	1669
	AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS 8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz	1669
	Intel Core i5-1235U 10C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	1668
	Intel Core i7-11700B 8C 16T @ 5.30 GHz	1663

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 Core Ultra 5 125H 14C 18T @ 4.50 GHz	14771
	Intel Core Ultra 5 135H 14C 18T @ 4.20 GHz	14771
	AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS 8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz	14736
	AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	14711
	AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS 8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz	14670
	AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H 8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz	14670
	AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX 8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz	14670

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 Core i9-11900T 8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz	1674
	Intel Core i5-1340P 12C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	1671
	Intel Core Ultra 5 135H 14C 18T @ 4.60 GHz	1667
	AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX 8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz	1665
	Intel Core i7-12700E 12C 20T @ 4.80 GHz	1665
	Intel Core i3-12100T 4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz	1654
	AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS 8C 16T @ 4.75 GHz	1652

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 Core i9-10900 10C 20T @ 4.60 GHz	10744
	Intel Core i7-12700TE 12C 20T @ 3.20 GHz	10689
	Intel Core i9-10900X 10C 20T @ 4.50 GHz	10651
	AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	10645
	Intel Xeon W-1370 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	10644
	Intel Xeon Gold 6130 16C 32T @ 2.60 GHz	10644
	AMD Ryzen 5 8600G 6C 12T @ 4.75 GHz	10638

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 i5-1335U 10C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	652
	Intel Core i9-11900K 8C 16T @ 5.30 GHz	650
	Intel Core i9-11900KF 8C 16T @ 5.30 GHz	650
	AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX 8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz	649
	Intel Core i7-1255U 10C 12T @ 4.70 GHz	649
	AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS 8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz	649
	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16C 32T @ 4.90 GHz	647

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 5 7600 6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz	5850
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2920X 12C 24T @ 3.60 GHz	5843
	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz	5799
	AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	5745
	AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS 8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz	5745
	Intel Xeon W-3235 12C 24T @ 4.00 GHz	5742
	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	5724

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 7 7840HS AMD Radeon 780M @ 2.70 GHz	4201
	AMD Ryzen 7 7840U AMD Radeon 780M @ 2.70 GHz	4201
	Microsoft XBox Series S AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (XBox Series S) @ 1.57 GHz	4000
	AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX AMD Radeon 680M @ 2.40 GHz	3686
	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS AMD Radeon 680M @ 2.40 GHz	3686
	AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS AMD Radeon 680M @ 2.40 GHz	3686
	AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H AMD Radeon 680M @ 2.40 GHz	3686

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 7840U 8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz	25337
	Intel Core i9-9920X 12C 24T @ 4.30 GHz	25301
	Intel Core i5-13600H 12C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	25300
	AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	25114
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2920X 12C 24T @ 3.60 GHz	25010
	Intel Xeon W-1370P 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	24989
	Intel Core i5-13600HRE 12C 16T @ 4.50 GHz	24970

Benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
580 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
559 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,479 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,452 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
654 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
602 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,010 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
512 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,386 entries

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