AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS and Ryzen 9 5900HS vs Intel Core i7-11370H comparative benchmarks: Tiger Lake-H35 and Cezanne 35 W battle it out for single-core supremacy

Starting off with our suite of Cinebench tests, we find the Ryzen 9 5980HS and the Core i7-11370H just within 4% of each other in the single-core test. The Core i7-11370H manages to pull off a not-so-shabby 9% lead over the Ryzen 9 5900HS. Tiger Lake-H35, however, seems to be only about 5% faster than the average Tiger Lake-UP4 Core i7-1185G7 in this test.

As expected, the Core i7-11370H, with just four cores and eight threads, does not stand a chance against AMD's offerings or even Intel Comet Lake-H in Cinebench R15 multi-core. That being said, we do see a significant 23% higher performance compared to Tiger Lake-UP4.

Cinebench R20 shows the gap further narrowing down between Intel and AMD 35 W parts and the differences seem to be mostly within the margin of error in the single-core test. AMD's offerings are way ahead in multi-core; interestingly, the Ryzen 9 5900HS leads the slightly higher-clocked Ryzen 9 5980HS by a perceivable 14%.

Cinebench R23 single is where the Core i7-11370H finally leads the chart albeit by a minuscule 1%, which essentially ties it with the Ryzen 8 5980HS.

In Blender, we see the Ryzen 9 5900HS not too far from the average Core i9-10980HK, but the Core i7-11370H is not able to keep pace with the new Cezanne APU.

Geekbench 5.3 sees the Core i7-11370H on par with the Ryzen 9 5900HS, but Intel's latest chip trails by 10% when compared with the Ryzen 9 5980HS. The Core i7-11370H also has a slight lead in the R Benchmark over both Cezanne 35 W parts.

HWBOT x265 4K preset favors multi-core CPUs a lot, so it is not surprising to see Cezanne 35 W scoring a home run in this test. The Core i7-11370H is about 25% faster than Tiger Lake-UP4 but trails behind significantly behind all the other CPUs in comparison.

All in all, these results confirm two things:

1. AMD has been able to finally beat a Comet Lake-H Core i9-10980HK in single-core by a decent margin at just 35 W.

2. Intel can just about close the gap with Cezanne 35 W in single-core, but it really does not have the hegemony like it had till the Comet Lake generation.

Both Tiger Lake-H35 and Cezanne 35 W should be good if your primary use case is mobile gaming and better performance in single-threaded apps. But with many AAA games scaling up to six cores easily these days, those aiming for higher FPS averages may feel the pinch with Tiger Lake-H35.

Our full reviews of the Asus TUF Dash F15 FX516P, the Asus ROG Flow X13, and the Asus ROG Zephyrus G15 GA503 will follow soon wherein we will also talk about gaming comparisons, power consumption, and noise levels for a more holistic comparison, so watch this space.

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