AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX vs Intel Core i5-8365UE

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX and Intel Core i5-8365UE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • 8 more threads: 16 vs 8
  • Around 17% higher clock speed: 4.8 GHz vs 4.10 GHz
  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 105 °C vs 100 °C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.7x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 53% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3344 vs 2188
  • 4.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 23583 vs 5711
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Number of threads 16 vs 8
Maximum frequency 4.8 GHz vs 4.10 GHz
Maximum core temperature 105 °C vs 100 °C
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
L1 cache 512 KB vs 256 KB
L2 cache 4 MB vs 1 MB
L3 cache 16 MB vs 6 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3344 vs 2188
PassMark - CPU mark 23583 vs 5711

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-8365UE

  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 35 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-8365UE

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3344
2188
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
23583
5711
Name AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX Intel Core i5-8365UE
PassMark - Single thread mark 3344 2188
PassMark - CPU mark 23583 5711
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1937
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1937
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4491
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4491
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7916
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7916

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX Intel Core i5-8365UE

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 3 Whiskey Lake
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 Q2'19
OPN Tray 100-000000474
Place in performance rating 308 311
Vertical segment Laptop Embedded
Launch price (MSRP) $297
Processor Number i5-8365UE

Performance

Base frequency 3.3 GHz 1.60 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 4 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 16 MB 6 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 105 °C 100 °C
Maximum frequency 4.8 GHz 4.10 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of GPU cores 8
Number of threads 16 8
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Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 68.3 GB/s 37.5 GB/s
Maximum memory size 64 GB 64 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 2100 MHz 300 MHz
iGPU core count 8
Processor graphics Radeon RX Vega 8 Intel UHD Graphics 620
Execution Units 24
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.05 GHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI
eDP
Number of displays supported 3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FP6 FCBGA1528
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 15 Watt
Configurable TDP-down 12.5 Watt
Configurable TDP-down Frequency 1.10 GHz
Configurable TDP-up 25 Watt
Configurable TDP-up Frequency 1.80 GHz

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16 16
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x4, 2x2, 1x2+2x1 and 4x1

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
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

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

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2160@30/24Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Security & Reliability

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