Ryzen 9 5980HS vs Ryzen 9 5900HX

Place in performance ranking	442	483
Place by popularity	not in top-100	99
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)	Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Architecture codename	Cezanne-H (Zen 3)	Cezanne-HS (Zen 3)
Release date	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed Specifications

Ryzen 9 5900HX and Ryzen 9 5980HS 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 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.6 GHz	4.8 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB (shared)	16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	7 nm	7 nm
Die size	156 mm²	156 mm²
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	9,800 million	9,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 5900HX and Ryzen 9 5980HS 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	1
Socket	FP6	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

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

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

Virtualization technologies

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

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Memory specs

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

Supported memory types

DDR4, DDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 5900HX and Ryzen 9 5980HS.

PCIe version

3.0

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 5900HX 14.61
+5.9%

Ryzen 9 5980HS 13.79

Ryzen 9 5900HX outperforms Ryzen 9 5980HS by 6% based on our aggregated 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 5900HX 22602
+6%

Ryzen 9 5980HS 21320

Ryzen 9 5900HX outperforms Ryzen 9 5980HS by 6% in Passmark.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Ryzen 9 5900HX 3.46
+0.3%

Ryzen 9 5980HS 3.47

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%

Ryzen 9 5900HX 2106
+1.1%

Ryzen 9 5980HS 2083

Ryzen 9 5900HX outperforms Ryzen 9 5980HS by 1% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

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%

Ryzen 9 5900HX 240

Ryzen 9 5980HS 243
+1.3%

Ryzen 9 5980HS outperforms Ryzen 9 5900HX by 1% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 9 5900HX 275
+2.1%

Ryzen 9 5980HS 270

Ryzen 9 5900HX outperforms Ryzen 9 5980HS by 2% in x264 encoding pass 1.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 9 5900HX 120
+7.8%

Ryzen 9 5980HS 112

Ryzen 9 5900HX outperforms Ryzen 9 5980HS by 8% in x264 encoding pass 2.