AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX

The AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX is a processor for big (gaming) laptops based on the Rembrandt generation. The R9 6980HX 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 "X" in the name indicates the overclocking capabilities of the CPU.

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.

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.

Performance

While we have not tested a single system built around the 6980HX as of August 2023, we have tested at least one laptop featuring the 6950HS, a chip with very similar specs (8 cores, 16 threads, up to 4.9 GHz, Zen 3+). Based on that, expect the 6980HX to be up to 10% faster than the Ryzen 7 5800H, Ryzen 9 4900H, Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS and also the Core i7-11800H. In other words, this is an impressive laptop CPU that will handle almost any task with ease, as of mid 2023.

Your mileage may vary depending on how high the CPU power limits are, and how competent the cooling solution of your system is.

Power consumption

This Ryzen 9 series APU has a default TDP, also known as the long-term power limit, of 45 W, with the letter X indicating that the chip is ready for some healthy bit of overclocking - which will lead to much higher power consumption, naturally.

The R9 6980HX is manufactured on a 6 nm process for higher-than-average, as of early 2023, energy efficiency.

Series	AMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+)
Codename	Rembrandt-H (Zen 3+)
Series: Rembrandt (Zen 3+) Rembrandt-H (Zen 3+) AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX « 3.3 - 5 GHz 8 / 16  16 MB L3 AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H 3.3 - 4.9 GHz 8 / 16  16 MB L3 AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX 3.3 - 4.9 GHz 8 / 16  16 MB L3 AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS 3.3 - 4.9 GHz 8 / 16  16 MB L3 AMD Ryzen 7 6800H 3.2 - 4.7 GHz 8 / 16  16 MB L3 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 3.2 - 4.7 GHz 8 / 16  16 MB L3 AMD Ryzen 5 6600H 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)	45 Watt
Manufacturing Technology	6 nm
Max. Temperature	95 °C
Socket	FP7/FP7r2
Features	DDR5-4800/LPDDR5-6400 RAM (incl. ECC), PCIe 4, MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
GPU	AMD Radeon 680M ( - 2400 MHz)
64 Bit	64 Bit support
Architecture	x86
Announcement Date	01/04/2022
Product Link (external)	www.amd.com

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