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Intel Core i9-11900K vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS

Comparison of the technical characteristics between the processors, with the Intel Core i9-11900K on one side and the AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS on the other side. The first is dedicated to the desktop sector, It has 8 cores, 16 threads, a maximum frequency of 5.3GHz. The second is used on the laptop segment, it has a total of 8 cores, 16 threads, its turbo frequency is set to 4.8 GHz. The following table also compares the lithography, the number of transistors (if indicated), the amount of cache memory, the maximum RAM memory capacity, the type of memory accepted, the release date, the maximum number of PCIe lanes, the values ​​obtained in Geekbench 4 and Cinebench R15.

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Specifications:

Processor		Intel Core i9-11900K				AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS
Market		Desktop				Laptop
Family		Rocket Lake				Zen 3
Part number(s), S-Spec		Core i9-11900K				100-000000474
Release date		Q1 2021				Q1 2021
Lithography		14 nm+++				7nm FinFET
Cores		8				8
Threads		16				16
Base frequency		3.4 GHz				3.0 GHz
Turbo frequency		5.3 GHz				4.8 GHz
Cache memory		16 MB				16 MB
Max memory capacity		128 GB				48 GB
Memory types		DDR4-3200				DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266
Max # of memory channels		2				4
Max memory bandwidth		45.8 GB/s				68.27 GB/s
Max PCIe lanes		20				16
TDP		125 W				35 W
GPU integrated graphics		Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Rocket Lake)				AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
GPU execution units		24				-
GPU shading units		192				512
GPU base clock rate		350 MHz				1,100 MHz
GPU max clock rate		1200 MHz				2100 MHz
Socket		LGA1200				FP6
(Windows) Geekbench 5 single core		1,808				1,519
(Windows) Geekbench 5 multi-core		9,914				8,371
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We can better compare what are the technical differences between the two processors. We see that the two processors have an equivalent number of cores, the maximum frequency of Intel Core i9-11900K is greater, that the thermal dissipation power of AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS is less. Both were produced in the same year.

Performances :

Performance comparison between the two processors, for this we consider the results generated on benchmark software such as Geekbench 4.


On Windows:

	Geekbench 5 - Multi-core & single core score - Windows
Intel Core i9-11900K#ad	1,808 9,914
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS#ad	1,519 8,371

In single core, the difference is 19%. In multi-core, the differential gap is 18%.

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average of the performances got with these processors, you may get different results.

Geekbench 5 is a software for measuring the performance of a computer system, for fixed devices, mobile devices, servers. This platform makes it possible to better compare the power of the CPU, the computing power and to compare it with similar or totally different systems. Geekbench 5 includes new workloads that represent work tasks and applications that we can find in reality.

Equivalence:

Intel Core i9-11900K AMD equivalentAMD Ryzen 9 5980HS Intel equivalent

See also:

Intel Core i9-11900Intel Core i9-11900T

AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX