Ryzen 9 5980HX vs Ryzen 9 5900H

Place in performance ranking	530	427
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)	Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Architecture codename	Cezanne U (Zen 3) (2021−2022)	Cezanne-HX (Zen 3)
Release date	7 January 2021 (3 years ago)	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 5900H and Ryzen 9 5980HX 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	8 (Octa-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	16	16
Base clock speed	3.3 GHz	3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.6 GHz	4.8 GHz
L1 cache	512 KB	512 KB
L2 cache	4 MB	4 MB
L3 cache	16 MB	16 MB
Chip lithography	7 nm	7 nm
Die size	no data	180 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	105 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 5900H and Ryzen 9 5980HX 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.

Socket	FP6	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	54 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 5900H and Ryzen 9 5980HX. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT	DDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
AES-NI	no data	+
AVX	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 5900H and Ryzen 9 5980HX are enumerated here.

AMD-V

no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 5900H and Ryzen 9 5980HX. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score 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.

Ryzen 9 5900H 13.29

Ryzen 9 5980HX 15.23
+14.6%

Ryzen 9 5980HX outperforms Ryzen 9 5900H by 15% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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%

Ryzen 9 5900H 20557

Ryzen 9 5980HX 23554
+14.6%

Ryzen 9 5980HX outperforms Ryzen 9 5900H by 15% in Passmark.