Ryzen 7 4980U: specs and benchmarks
Aggregated performance score
It provides poor benchmark performance at 11.45% of a leader's which is Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.
Summary
AMD started Ryzen 7 4980U sales 13 April 2021. This is a Renoir-U (Zen 2) architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 8 cores and 16 threads, and is based on 7 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 4400 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is FP6 processor with a TDP of 15 Watt. It supports DDR4 memory.
General info
Ryzen 7 4980U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance ranking | 614 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Series | AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU) | |
| Architecture codename | Renoir-U (Zen 2) | |
| Release date | 13 April 2021 (3 years ago) |
Technical specs
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 8 (Octa-Core) | |
| Threads | 16 | |
| Base clock speed | 2 GHz | of 4.7 (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 4.4 GHz | of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core) |
| L2 cache | 4 MB | of 96 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | of 768 (EPYC 7373X) |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 156 mm2 | |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | of 110 (Atom x7-E3950) |
| Number of transistors | 9800 Million | of 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | |
| Unlocked multiplier | No |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 7 4980U compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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.
| Socket | FP6 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 4980U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, 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 | |
| AES-NI | + | |
| FMA | + | |
| AVX | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| AMD-V | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 4980U's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | of 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3) |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 68.27 GB/s | of 460.8 (EPYC 9124) |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Ryzen 7 4980U.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Ryzen 7 4980U. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core
Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.
Benchmark coverage: 20%
Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.
Benchmark coverage: 19%
Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.
Benchmark coverage: 17%
Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.
Benchmark coverage: 15%
Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core
Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.
Benchmark coverage: 15%
Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core
Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.
Benchmark coverage: 14%
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Intel equivalent
According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to Ryzen 7 4980U is Core i5-11500B, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 2 positions in our ranking.
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