Ryzen 9 5980HS vs Xeon E3-1268L v5

General info

Comparing Xeon E3-1268L v5 and Ryzen 9 5980HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1348	483
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	1.32	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon E3	Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Architecture codename	Skylake (2015−2016)	Cezanne-HS (Zen 3)
Release date	19 October 2015 (8 years ago)	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$377	no data
Current price	$282 (0.7x MSRP)	no data

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Technical specs

Xeon E3-1268L v5 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	4 (Quad-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	8	16
Base clock speed	no data	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	4.8 GHz
Bus support	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB	16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Die size	122 mm2	156 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	105 °C
Number of transistors	no data	9,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1268L v5 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 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	LGA-1151	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1268L v5 and Ryzen 9 5980HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	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	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
TSX	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1268L v5 and Ryzen 9 5980HS technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

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Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1268L v5 and Ryzen 9 5980HS are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1268L v5 and Ryzen 9 5980HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3L-1600	DDR4, DDR4
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.134 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare

Intel HD Graphics P530

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1268L v5 and Ryzen 9 5980HS.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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 5980HS outperforms Xeon E3-1268L v5 by 251% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	3.90	13.67
Integrated graphics card	2.77	9.06
Recency	19 October 2015	12 January 2021
Physical cores	4	8
Threads	8	16
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm

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