AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS

The AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS is a processor for big (gaming) laptops based on the Rembrandt generation. R9 6980HS integrates all eight cores based on the Zen 3+ microarchitecture. They are clocked at 3.3 (guaranteed base clock) to 5 GHz (Turbo) and support SMT / Hyperthreading (16 threads). The chip is manufactured on the modern 6 nm TSMC process. 

The new Zen 3+ is a refresh of the Zen 3 architecture and should not offer a lot of changes. The chip itself however, offers a lot of new features, like support for USB 4 (40 Gbps), PCI-E Gen 4, DDR5-4800MT/s or LPDDR5-6400MT/s, WiFi 6E, Bluetooth LE 5.2, DisplayPort 2, and AV1 decode.

The processor performance should be a bit higher than the old Ryzen 9 5980HS thanks to the higher boost clock (+200 MHz). The new Alder Lake mobile CPUs with 14 cores (like the Core i9-12900HK) should however offer a higher multi-core performance. Compared to the similar R9 6980HX (45W, overclocking support), the limited TDP should reduce sustained performance of the 6980HS.

A big novelty is the integrated GPU Radeon 680M, that is now based on the RDNA2 architecture and offers 12 CUs at up to 2.4 GHz. It should be the fastest iGPU of all at the time of announcement.

Power Consumption

This Ryzen 9 has a default TDP of 35 W (also known as the PL1). Which is definitely too high to allow for passively cooled designs.

The APU is built with TSMC's 6 nm process for great, as of late 2022, energy efficiency.

Series	AMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+)
Codename	Rembrandt-HS (Zen 3+)
Series: Rembrandt (Zen 3+) Rembrandt-HS (Zen 3+) AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS « 3.3 - 5 GHz 8 / 16  16 MB L3 AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS 3.3 - 4.9 GHz 8 / 16  16 MB L3 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS 3.2 - 4.7 GHz 8 / 16  16 MB L3 AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS 3.2 - 4.7 GHz 8 / 16  16 MB L3 AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS 3.3 - 4.5 GHz 6 / 12  16 MB L3 AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS 3.3 - 4.5 GHz 6 / 12  16 MB L3
Clock Rate	3300 - 5000 MHz
Level 1 Cache	512 KB
Level 2 Cache	4 MB
Level 3 Cache	16 MB
Number of Cores / Threads	8 / 16
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)	35 Watt
Manufacturing Technology	6 nm
Max. Temperature	95 °C
Socket	FP7
Features	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
GPU	AMD Radeon 680M ( - 2400 MHz)
64 Bit	64 Bit support
Architecture	x86
Announcement Date	01/04/2022
Product Link (external)	AMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+) R9 6980HS

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