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AMD Ryzen 7 4980U

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The AMD Ryzen 7 4980U is a Renoir family processor designed for certain Microsoft Surface systems. 4980U has eight Zen 2 cores clocked at 2.0 GHz (base clock speed) to 4.4 GHz (Boost) with thread-doubling SMT tech enabled for a total of 16 threads. The chip is manufactured on the modern 7 nm TSMC process and partly thanks to that AMD promises a 2x improvement in performance-per-Watt over Ryzen 3000 series mobile CPUs.

Architecture

The Zen 2 microarchitecture has brought a sizeable per-thread performance boost compared to the outgoing Zen+ parts. Renoir product family is also the first to introduce 8-core ULV processors to laptop market, keeping power consumption within reasonable limits. This AMD processor family is very impressive from most perspectives. One of the disatvantages to keep in mind is the lack of PCI-Express 4 support, meaning these blazing-fast NVMe SSDs will be limited to 3.9 GB/s tops.

Ryzen 7 4980U is designed to work with quad-channel LPDDR4 memory at up to 4,267 MHz. 8 MB of Level 3 are present in this chip. The Ryzen 7 gets soldered straight to the motherboard (FP6 socket) and is thus not user-replaceable. Please go to our Renoir hub page for more information on the product family.

Performance

The 4980U is the fastest U-class Ryzen 4000 series chip. As such, its clock speeds are 200 MHz higher (both the base one and Boost one) than what the Ryzen 7 4800U has.

It is thus hardly surprising that the average 4980U in our database is in the same league as the Ryzen 7 5800U and also the Core i7-1260P, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned.

Graphics

In addition to its eight CPU cores, the Ryzen 7 also features the Radeon RX Vega 8 graphics adapter with 8 CUs (= 512 shaders) at up to 1,950 MHz. This iGPU is compatible with FreeSync and DirectX 12 and is able to HW-decode AVC, HEVC, VP9-encoded videos (no AV1 support here). Vega 8 is capable of outputting UHD 2160p60 video signal to several monitors and, similar to Intel's Iris Xe (80 EUs), is good enough for a bit of light gaming on the go, provided one is content with sub-1080p resolutions and low/medium quailty presets.

Power consumption

The APU has a default TDP, also known as the long-term power limit, of 15 W; much like it is with other U-class Ryzen 4000 chips, AMD is fine with laptop makers (Microsoft, in this case) changing that value to anything between 10 W and 25 W.

The 7 nm TSMC process this Ryzen 7 is built with makes for above average, as of mid 2022, energy efficiency.

SeriesAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
CodenameRenoir-U (Zen 2)

Series: Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU) Renoir-U (Zen 2)

AMD Ryzen 7 4980U « 2 - 4.4 GHz8 / 16 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 4800U compare1.8 - 4.2 GHz8 / 16 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U compare2 - 4.1 GHz8 / 8 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4680U compare2.2 - 4 GHz6 / 12 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U compare2.1 - 4 GHz6 / 12 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U compare2.3 - 4 GHz6 / 6 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U compare2.7 - 3.7 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Clock Rate2000 - 4400 MHz
Level 1 Cache512 KB
Level 2 Cache4 MB
Level 3 Cache8 MB
Number of Cores / Threads8 / 16
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)15 Watt
Manufacturing Technology7 nm
Max. Temperature105 °C
SocketFP6
FeaturesLPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA
GPUAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1950 MHz)
64 Bit64 Bit support
Architecturex86
Announcement Date04/13/2021
Product Link (external)www.amd.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU
33.6 pt (47%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
1658 Points (10%)
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HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
9.8 fps (17%)
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Other CPUs of the series Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)

» AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
   8x 3.3 GHz - 4.4 GHz
» AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
   8x 3 GHz - 4.3 GHz
» AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
   8x 2.9 GHz - 4.2 GHz
» AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS
   8x 2.9 GHz - 4.2 GHz
» AMD Ryzen 7 4980U
   8x 2 GHz - 4.4 GHz
» AMD Ryzen 7 4800U
   8x 1.8 GHz - 4.2 GHz
» AMD Ryzen 5 4600H
   6x 3 GHz - 4 GHz
» AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS
   6x 3 GHz - 4 GHz
» AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U
   8x 1.7 GHz - 4.1 GHz
» AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
   8x 2 GHz - 4.1 GHz
» AMD Ryzen 5 4680U
   6x 2.2 GHz - 4 GHz
» AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
   6x 2.1 GHz - 4 GHz
» AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U
   6x 2.1 GHz - 4 GHz
» AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
   6x 2.3 GHz - 4 GHz
» AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U
   4x 2.5 GHz - 3.7 GHz
» AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
   4x 2.7 GHz - 3.7 GHz
» AMD Steam Deck OLED APU
   4x 2.4 GHz - 3.5 GHz

Surrounding CPUs

+ Intel Core i9-9880H
   8x 2.3 GHz - 4.8 GHz
+ Intel Xeon W-11855M
   6x 3.2 GHz - 4.9 GHz
+ Intel Core i5-11500H
   6x 2.9 GHz - 4.6 GHz
+ Intel Core i5-11500B
   6x 3.3 GHz - 4.6 GHz
+ Intel Core i5-11400H
   6x 2.7 GHz - 4.5 GHz
» AMD Ryzen 7 4980U
   8x 2 GHz - 4.4 GHz
- AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
   8x 1.8 GHz - 4.3 GHz
- Intel Core i9-8950HK
   6x 2.9 GHz - 4.8 GHz
- Intel Xeon E-2186M
   6x 2.9 GHz - 4.8 GHz
- Intel Xeon E-2276M
   6x 2.8 GHz - 4.7 GHz
- Intel Xeon W-2145
   8x 3.7 GHz - 4.5 GHz
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Klaus Hinum (Update: 2021-04-15)