AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS vs Intel Core i9-10880H

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS and Intel Core i9-10880H processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS

Intel Core i9-10880H

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS

CPU is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 45 Watt
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3275 vs 2765
Around 51% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 22138 vs 14642

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 Jan 2021 vs 2 Apr 2020
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 14 nm
L2 cache	4 MB vs 2 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	3275 vs 2765
PassMark - CPU mark	22138 vs 14642

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i9-10880H

Around 11% higher clock speed: 5.1 GHz vs 4.6 GHz

Maximum frequency	5.1 GHz vs 4.6 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
CPU 2: Intel Core i9-10880H

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3275

2765

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

22138

14642

Name	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS	Intel Core i9-10880H
PassMark - Single thread mark	3275	2765
PassMark - CPU mark	22138	14642
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	6228

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS	Intel Core i9-10880H
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 3	Comet Lake-H
Launch date	7 Jan 2021	2 Apr 2020
Place in performance rating	653	641
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series		Intel Comet Lake
Performance
Base frequency	3.3 GHz	2.3 GHz
L1 cache	512 KB	512 KB
L2 cache	4 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	16 MB	16 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	14 nm
Maximum frequency	4.6 GHz	5.1 GHz
Number of cores	8	8
Number of threads	16	16
Unlocked
64 bit support
Maximum core temperature		100 °C
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	47.68 GB/s
Maximum memory size	128 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-3200	DDR4-2933
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FP6	FCBGA1440
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	45 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	20	16
PCI Express revision	4.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x16+x4, 2x8+x4, 1x8+2x4+x4
Advanced Technologies
AMD SenseMI
AMD StoreMI technology
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)