AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS vs AMD Ryzen 7 6980U. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 6000H AMD Ryzen 6000U
• Family
  Ryzen PRO AMD Ryzen
• Form Factor
  Laptops / Desktops -
• Generation
  5 5
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Series
  Ryzen PRO 6000 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 2.7 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Core Configuration
  8x Zen 3+ 8x Zen 3+
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• CPU Threads
  16 16
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Max. Boost Clock
  4.9 GHz -
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.9 GHz 4.7 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  4.2 GHz 3.4 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 12
• Execution units
  12 12
• Generation
  9 9
• GPU Frequency
  2400 MHz 2000 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon 680M AMD Radeon RX 680M
• GPU Turbo
  2400 MHz 2200 MHz
• Graphics Cores
  12 -
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 8 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q1/2022
• Shader
  768 768
• Technology
  6 nm 6 nm

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

• AV1
  Decode Decode
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 7 6980U and AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 64 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  76.8 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR5 DDR5-4800LPDDR5-6400
• PCIe
  PCIe 4.0 4.0 x 12

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS and AMD Ryzen 7 6980U Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Default TDP
  35 W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  94.99 °C 105 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  35 W 28 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS and AMD Ryzen 7 6980U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Rembrandt (Zen 3+) Rembrandt (Zen 3+)
• Codename
  Rembrandt -
• Documents
  Technical data sheet -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L1-Cache
  0.5 MB -
• L2-Cache
  4 MB 4.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  16 MB 16.00 MB
• Manufacturer OS Support
  Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit -
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  FP7: 100-000000541 FP7r2: 100-000000563 -
• Official source
  https://www.amd.com/en/products/specifications/processors.html -
• Release date
  Q2/2022 Q2/2022
• Socket
  FP7 FP7
• Technology
  TSMC 6nm FinFET 6 nm
• Verification scope
  Explicit manufacturer fields refreshed; other original historical fields retained, not all reverified. Partial composite conflicts are preserved. -
• Verified on
  2026-10-01 -
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V, SVM