Ryzen 9 6980HS: specs and benchmarks
Summary
AMD started Ryzen 9 6980HS sales on January 2022. This is a Rembrandt-HS (Zen 3+) architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at home systems. It has 8 cores and 16 threads, and is based on 6 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 5000 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket FP7 processor with a TDP of 45 Watt. It supports DDR5, DDR5 memory.
General info
Ryzen 9 6980HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Architecture codename | Rembrandt-HS (Zen 3+) | |
| Release date | January 2022 (2 years old) |
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 | 3.3 GHz | of 4.7 (Ryzen 9 7900X) |
| Boost clock speed | 5 GHz | of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core) |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | of 98304 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
| L3 cache | 16 MB (shared) | of 768 (EPYC 7773X) |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 208 mm2 | |
| Maximum core temperature | 95 °C | of 110 (Core Ultra 7 165H) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | |
| Unlocked multiplier | No |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 9 6980HS 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.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8160M) |
| Socket | FP7 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 6980HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | 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 | + | |
| 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 9 6980HS's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5, DDR5 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Ryzen 9 6980HS.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon 680M |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 4.0 | of 5 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
| PCI Express lanes | 20 | of 128 (EPYC 9654) |
Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Ryzen 9 6980HS, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for Ryzen 9 6980HS in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 16 configurations based on Ryzen 9 6980HS in our database.
