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AMD Ryzen 7 4980U vs Intel Core i3-1005G1 vs AMD Ryzen 5 4600U

AMD Ryzen 7 4980U

► remove from comparison AMD R7 4980U

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.

Intel Core i3-1005G1

► remove from comparison Intel i3-1005G1

The Intel Core i3-1005G1 is a low-power, Ice Lake family processor (SoC) featuring 2 cores, 4 threads, 4 MB of L3 cache and the UHD G1 (32 EUs) iGPU. It saw the light of day in 2019. The chip is designed for use in highly portable laptops of the more affordable flavour; the CPU cores run at 1.2 GHz to 3.4 GHz which is not a lot.

Architecture & Features

Ice Lake family chips are powered by Sunny Cove CPU cores.The latter aim to do what Palm Cove cores (that we never really got a chance to get a taste of) were expected to do, delivering a double-digit IPC uplift over the venerable Skylake architecture thanks to a range of small improvements across the board including scheduler improvements, larger caches and buffers, and support for new instruction sets.

Thunderbolt 3 support is built right into the Core i3 (meaning it has several PCIe 3 lanes exclusive to Thunderbolt devices, reducing the number of additional components required for Thunderbolt to work) and so is Intel CNVi Wi-Fi 6 support (making it easier for Intel to sell its proprietary WLAN cards to laptop makers). The Core i3-1005G1 also has the DL Boost and GNA features for applications centered around machine learning.

The 4 GT/s bus is indicative of a consumer-grade chip, since CPUs for gaming laptops and portable workstations usually employ the faster 8 GT/s bus. RAM support is nothing to sneeze at, at up to DDR4-3200 or LPDDR4-3733. NVMe SSDs are supported, with data transfer rates limited to 3.9 GB/s (this is what four PCIe 3 lanes are good for). SATA drives and even eMMC chips are also natively supported here.

This is not a user-replaceable CPU, as it gets permanently soldered to the motherboard (BGA1526 socket interface).

OS support is limited to 64-bit Windows 10 and 64-bit Windows 11, as well as many Linux distros.

Performance

The average 1005G1 in our database is a disappointment, its multi-thread benchmark scores only matching those of Intel's Core i5-7267U and AMD's Ryzen 3 2300U. This is unfortunately in line with what we've been seeing from other Ice Lake family processors; they tend to be held back by their comparatively low clock speeds. While not as slow as many Celerons and Pentiums, this Core i3 will still look out of place in anything but the most affordable laptops and mini-PCs.

With its long-term CPU power limit of 25 W, the Lenovo V17-IIL 82GX008TGE is among the fastest laptops built around this Core i3 that we know of.

Graphics

The Core i3-1005G1 features the UHD Graphics G1 (32 EUs) graphics adapter running at up to 900 MHz. This DX12-compatible iGPU is not much faster than the dated UHD 620 graphics solution, making it almost useless to gamers, and there are no cutting-edge features such as ray tracing support to be found here, either. The list of supported resolutions tops out at 5120 x 3200, and there is no hardware AV1 codec support meaning such a video will be SW-decoded with rather low energy efficiency. The usual HEVC, AVC and VP9 options are supported, thankfully.

The G1 will drive up to 3 monitors simultaneously, provided the system has the outputs required. Higher-end Ice Lake chips are equipped with the G4 (48 EUs) or the G7 (64 EUs) adapters that are significantly faster.

Power consumption

The Core i3 has a 15 W default TDP (also known as the long-term power limit), a value that laptop makers are allowed to reduce slightly - 13 W being the lower limit - resulting in lower clock speeds and lower performance. Either way, that's a tad too high to allow for passively cooled designs.

The SoC is built with Intel's second-gen 10 nm process (not "10 nm SuperFin" or "Intel 7") for average, as of late 2022, energy efficiency.

AMD Ryzen 5 4600U

► remove from comparison AMD R5 4600U

The AMD Ryzen 5 4600U is a processor for thin and light laptops based on the Renoir architecture. The 4600U integrates six cores based on the Zen 2 microarchitecture. They are clocked at 2.1 (guaranteed base clock) to 4 GHz (Turbo) with SMT / Hyperthreading support (12 threads). The chip is manufactured in the modern 7 nm process at TSMC and partly thanks to it AMD advertises a 2x improved performance per Watt for the Renoir chips.

With two less cores, the Ryzen 5 4600U is clearly slower than the Ryzen 7 4700U and 4800U in multi threaded workloads. However, it should still beat the fastest 15 Watt Ice Lake Intel Core i7-1065G7 (4 cores, 3.9 GHz). Thanks to the 4 GHz Boost clock, the single core performance should be similar. Therefore, the Ryzen 5 4600U is a very fast 15 Watt CPU and clearly faster than the old Ryzen 7 3700U.

In addition to the six CPU cores, the APU also integrates a Radeon RX Vega 6 integrated graphics card with 6 CUs and up to 1500 MHz. The dual channel memory controller supports DDR4-3200 and energy efficient LPDDR4-4266 RAM. Furthermore, 8 MB level 3 cache can be found on the chip. See our hub page on the Renoir Processors for more information.

The TDP of the APU is specified at 15 Watt (default) and can be configured from 10 to 25 Watt by the laptop vendor. That means the chip is intended for thin and light laptops (but with fans).

ModelAMD Ryzen 7 4980UIntel Core i3-1005G1AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
SeriesAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)Intel Ice LakeAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
CodenameRenoir-U (Zen 2)Ice Lake-URenoir-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 4800U1.8 - 4.2 GHz8 / 16 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U2 - 4.1 GHz8 / 8 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4680U2.2 - 4 GHz6 / 12 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U2.1 - 4 GHz6 / 12 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U2.3 - 4 GHz6 / 6 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U2.7 - 3.7 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1038NG72 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1065G71.3 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1035G71.2 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1035G41.1 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1035G11 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i3-1005G1 « 1.2 - 3.4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 4980U2 - 4.4 GHz8 / 16 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 4800U1.8 - 4.2 GHz8 / 16 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U2 - 4.1 GHz8 / 8 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4680U2.2 - 4 GHz6 / 12 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U « 2.1 - 4 GHz6 / 12 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U2.3 - 4 GHz6 / 6 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U2.7 - 3.7 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Clock2000 - 4400 MHz1200 - 3400 MHz2100 - 4000 MHz
L1 Cache512 KB96 KB384 KB
L2 Cache4 MB1 MB3 MB
L3 Cache8 MB4 MB8 MB
Cores / Threads8 / 162 / 46 / 12
TDP15 Watt15 Watt15 Watt
Technology7 nm10 nm7 nm
max. Temp.105 °C100 °C105 °C
SocketFP6BGA1526FP6
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, SHADDR4-3200/LPDDR4-3733 RAM, PCIe 3, 4 GT/s bus, DL Boost, GNA, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, VMX, SMEP, SMAP, EIST, TM1, TM2, Hyper-Threading, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SGXDDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 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, SME
iGPUAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1950 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) (300 - 900 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1500 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
Announced
Manufacturerwww.amd.comark.intel.comwww.amd.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R7 4980U
33.6 pt (47%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i3-1005G1
26.9 pt (37%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R5 4600U
31.5 pt (44%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
9164 Points (9%)
min: 2135     avg: 2303     median: 2221 (2%)     max: 2636 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
1260 Points (54%)
min: 1046     avg: 1055     median: 1055.5 (45%)     max: 1061 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
492 Points (55%)
min: 338     avg: 395     median: 403 (45%)     max: 407 Points
min: 447     avg: 449     median: 447 (50%)     max: 453 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
3453 Points (8%)
min: 820     avg: 892     median: 859 (2%)     max: 1015 Points
min: 2544     avg: 2628     median: 2544 (6%)     max: 2796 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
1658 Points (10%)
min: 346     avg: 390.8     median: 405 (3%)     max: 407 Points
min: 838     avg: 1089     median: 1089 (7%)     max: 1340 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
182 Points (55%)
min: 148     avg: 155.8     median: 157 (47%)     max: 160 Points
min: 175     avg: 175.5     median: 175.5 (53%)     max: 176 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
18.9 Points (25%)
4.6 Points (6%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
2.2 Points (53%)
1.9 Points (47%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
5715 Points (35%)
6573 Points (40%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
35106 Points (25%)
14323 Points (10%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
439.8 s (5%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
13.9 s (3%)
wPrime 1.55 - wPrime 1.55 1024m *
236.1 s (1%)
wPrime 1.55 - wPrime 1.55 32m *
7.4 s (4%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
2624 Points (4%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
42368 MIPS (24%)
min: 9731     avg: 10731     median: 10896 (6%)     max: 11135 MIPS
34854 MIPS (20%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
4320 MIPS (52%)
min: 3851     avg: 3975     median: 4004 (48%)     max: 4057 MIPS
4247 MIPS (51%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
25.2 fps (9%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
135.2 fps (31%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
9.8 fps (17%)
min: 2.42     avg: 3.2     median: 3.1 (5%)     max: 3.59 fps
8.8 fps (15%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
0.2 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
0.4 GB/s (7%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
2.4 GB/s (6%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
342 Seconds (2%)
min: 1123     avg: 1234     median: 1264 (9%)     max: 1388 Seconds
402 Seconds (3%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
0.6 sec (14%)
min: 0.746     avg: 0.8     median: 0.8 (16%)     max: 0.763 sec
0.6 sec (14%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
5501 Points (12%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
9.6 s (2%)
10 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
24.8 s (1%)
22.2 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
758 s (3%)
487.1 s (2%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
11759 Points (32%)
min: 4559     avg: 5120     median: 5140 (14%)     max: 5486 Points
min: 7925     avg: 9140     median: 9139.5 (25%)     max: 10354 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 46232     avg: 48150     median: 48087 (39%)     max: 49601 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 46387     avg: 47524     median: 47253.5 (38%)     max: 49203 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 50088     avg: 53413     median: 54817 (46%)     max: 55030 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
10152 Points (26%)
min: 4215     avg: 4304     median: 4313 (11%)     max: 4374 Points
11149 Points (28%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
18654 Points (33%)
min: 6091     avg: 6320     median: 6307 (11%)     max: 6452 Points
17296 Points (31%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
5917 Points (25%)
min: 2125     avg: 2269     median: 2186.5 (9%)     max: 2507 Points
min: 5152     avg: 5176     median: 5175.5 (22%)     max: 5199 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
1133 Points (48%)
min: 1118     avg: 1156     median: 1159.5 (49%)     max: 1194 Points
1105 Points (47%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
7156 Points (13%)
min: 2153     avg: 2420     median: 2425.5 (4%)     max: 2595 Points
5591 Points (10%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1108     avg: 1130     median: 1129.5 (5%)     max: 1151 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 2146     avg: 2232     median: 2231.5 (7%)     max: 2317 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 4684     avg: 4818     median: 4817.5 (48%)     max: 4951 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 8874     avg: 9211     median: 9211 (10%)     max: 9548 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
5042 Points (69%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
9847 Points (24%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
811 ms (1%)
min: 897     avg: 942     median: 912 (1%)     max: 1145 ms
851 ms (1%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
191.4 ms (2%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 31386     avg: 42083     median: 46698 (42%)     max: 48166 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
210 Points (44%)
min: 171     avg: 179.8     median: 179.5 (37%)     max: 188 Points
199 Points (41%)
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
876 Points (34%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 26     avg: 31     median: 31.5 (5%)     max: 34.9 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 26.4     avg: 31     median: 31.4 (6%)     max: 35.3 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
6.7 Watt (7%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 11.5     avg: 12.9     median: 12.9 (10%)     max: 14.2 Points per Watt

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 7 4980U → 100% n=17

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i3-1005G1 → 61% n=17

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 4600U → 90% n=17

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