AMD Ryzen 9 5900H vs Intel Core i9-11980HK. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 5000H Intel Core i 11000H
• Family
  AMD Ryzen Intel Core i9
• Generation
  4 11
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

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

• Base Frequency
  3.1 GHz 3.3 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• CPU Threads
  16 16
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.6 GHz 5 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  No turbo 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
  8 32
• Generation
  9 11
• GPU Frequency
  1750 MHz 350 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon 8 Graphics (Renoir) Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (32 EU)
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1450 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB -
• Release date
  Q1/2020 Q2/2021
• Shader
  512 256
• Technology
  7 nm 10 nm

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

• AV1
  No 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 Intel Core i9-11980HK and AMD Ryzen 9 5900H. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200 DDR4-3200
• PCIe lanes
  12 20
• PCIe version
  3.0 4.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 5900H and Intel Core i9-11980HK Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  95 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  45 W 65 W
• TDP down
  - 45 W
• TDP up
  54 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 5900H and Intel Core i9-11980HK, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cezanne (Zen 3) Tiger Lake H
• 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
• L2-Cache
  4 MB -
• L3-Cache
  16 MB 24 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2021 Q2/2021
• Socket
  AM4 BGA 1787
• Technology
  7 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d