Ryzen 9 6980HS vs Athlon 3000G

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 3000G and Ryzen 9 6980HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1584	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	11.01	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	AMD Athlon	no data
Architecture codename	Zen+ (2018−2020)	Rembrandt-HS (Zen 3+)
Release date	21 November 2019 (4 years ago)	January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$49	no data
Current price	$110 (2.2x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Athlon 3000G and Ryzen 9 6980HS basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	4	16
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	5 GHz
L1 cache	96K (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	6 nm
Die size	209.78 mm2?	208 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	95 °C
Number of transistors	4,800 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	No

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 3000G and Ryzen 9 6980HS compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	AM4	FP7
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 3000G and Ryzen 9 6980HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	DDR5-4800/LPDDR5-6400 RAM (incl. ECC), PCIe 4, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	no data	+
AVX	+	+
PowerNow	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 3000G and Ryzen 9 6980HS are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 3000G and Ryzen 9 6980HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR5
Maximum memory size	64 GB?	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

AMD Radeon 680M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 3000G and Ryzen 9 6980HS.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	6	20

Pros & cons summary

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Integrated graphics card	2.98	17.37
Physical cores	2	8
Threads	4	16
Chip lithography	14 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	45 Watt

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