AMD Ryzen 5 3500C vs Intel Core i9-9980HK

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 3500C and Intel Core i9-9980HK processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Graphics image quality, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 3500C

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 100 °C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 45 Watt
Launch date 22 Sep 2020 vs 23 April 2019
Maximum core temperature 105°C vs 100 °C
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 45 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i9-9980HK

  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • 8 more threads: 16 vs 8
  • Around 35% higher clock speed: 5.00 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 27% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2528 vs 1984
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 14110 vs 5682
Specifications (specs)
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Number of threads 16 vs 8
Maximum frequency 5.00 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB vs 384 KB
L3 cache 16 MB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2528 vs 1984
PassMark - CPU mark 14110 vs 5682

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 3500C
CPU 2: Intel Core i9-9980HK

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1984
2528
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
5682
14110
Name AMD Ryzen 5 3500C Intel Core i9-9980HK
PassMark - Single thread mark 1984 2528
PassMark - CPU mark 5682 14110
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1168
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 6753
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 8280

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 3500C Intel Core i9-9980HK

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen+ Coffee Lake
Family AMD Ryzen Processors Core i9
Launch date 22 Sep 2020 23 April 2019
OPN Tray YM350CC4T4MFG
Place in performance rating 1252 1031
Series AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile i9-9000
Vertical segment Mobile Mobile
Launch price (MSRP) $583
Processor Number i9-9980HK

Performance

Base frequency 2.1 GHz 2.40 GHz
Compute Cores 12
L1 cache 384 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 105°C 100 °C
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz 5.00 GHz
Number of cores 4 8
Number of GPU cores 8
Number of threads 8 16
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth 41.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2666, LPDDR3-2133

Graphics

Graphics max frequency 1200 MHz
iGPU core count 8
Processor graphics Radeon Vega 8 Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630
Device ID 0x3E9B
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.25 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 64 GB

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI
DVI
eDP
Number of displays supported 3

Graphics API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenGL 4.5

Compatibility

Sockets supported FP5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 45 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Socket Count FCBGA1440

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
FreeSync
The "Zen" Core Architecture
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@30Hz

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)