AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX vs Intel Xeon w3-2425. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 5000H Intel Xeon W-2400
• Family
  Ryzen Intel Xeon W
• Form Factor
  Laptops / Desktops -
• Generation
  4 12
• Predecessor
  - Intel Xeon W-2225
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Series
  Ryzen 5000 Series -

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.3 GHz 3 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  8 6
• CPU Threads
  16 12
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Max. Boost Clock
  4.8 GHz -
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.8 GHz 4.4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  4.4 GHz -
• Core Configuration
  - 6x
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  - 3.7 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 -
• Execution units
  8 -
• Generation
  9 -
• GPU Frequency
  2100 MHz -
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon Graphics no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Graphics Cores
  8 -
• Max. displays
  3 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB -
• Release date
  Q1/2020 -
• Shader
  512 -
• Technology
  7 nm -

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon w3-2425 and AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 2048 GB
• Memory channels
  2 4 (Quad Channel)
• Memory type
  DDR4 - Up to 3200 / LPDDR4 - Up to 4266 DDR5-4400
• PCIe
  PCIe 3.0 5.0 x 64
• PCIe lanes
  12 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -
• Memory Bandwidth
  - 140.8 GB/s

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX and Intel Xeon w3-2425 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Configurable TDP
  35-54 W -
• Default TDP
  45+ W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  105 °C 83 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  45 W -
• TDP up
  90 W 156 W
• TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
  - 130 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX and Intel Xeon w3-2425, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cezanne (Zen 3) Sapphire Rapids-WS
• Codename
  Cezanne -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, AMX
• L2-Cache
  4 MB -
• L3-Cache
  16 MB 15 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  100-000000474 -
• Operating systems
  Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit Windows 11, Windows Server, Linux
• Release date
  2021-01-12 Q1/2023
• Socket
  FP6 LGA 4677
• Technology
  TSMC 7nm FinFET 10 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d, VT-rp, vPro Enterprise
• Chip design
  - Monolithic
• Documents
  - Technical data sheet
• Release price
  - 529 $