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AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS

AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX

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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.

AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS

► remove from comparison AMD R7 6800HS

The AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS is a processor for big (gaming) laptops based of the Rembrandt generation. The R7 6800HS integrates all eight cores based on the Zen 3+ microarchitecture. They are clocked at 3.2 (guaranteed base clock) to 4.7 GHz (Turbo) and support SMT / Hyperthreading (16 threads). The chip is manufactured on the modern 6 nm TSMC process. The HS variant offers a 10 W reduced TDP and therefore a lower sustained performance than the H version.

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 2.2 GHz. It should be the fastest iGPU at the time of announcement.

Performance

The average 6800HS in our database is in the same league as the Ryzen 7 5800H and also the Core i7-11800H, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned.

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

Power consumption

This Ryzen 7 has a default TDP of 35 W (also known as the long-term power limit). Which is definitely too high to allow for passively cooled designs.

The APU is built with TSMC's 6 nm process making for great, as of early 2023, energy efficiency.

ModelAMD Ryzen 9 6980HXAMD Ryzen 7 6800HS
SeriesAMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+)AMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+)
CodenameRembrandt-H (Zen 3+)Rembrandt-HS (Zen 3+)
Series: Rembrandt (Zen 3+) Rembrandt-HS (Zen 3+)
AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX « 3.3 - 5 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H compare3.3 - 4.9 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX compare3.3 - 4.9 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS compare3.3 - 4.9 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 6800H compare3.2 - 4.7 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H compare3.2 - 4.7 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H compare3.3 - 4.5 GHz6 / 12 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS compare3.3 - 5 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS compare3.3 - 4.9 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS compare3.2 - 4.7 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS « 3.2 - 4.7 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS compare3.3 - 4.5 GHz6 / 12 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS compare3.3 - 4.5 GHz6 / 12 cores16 MB L3
Clock3300 - 5000 MHz3200 - 4700 MHz
L1 Cache512 KB512 KB
L2 Cache4 MB4 MB
L3 Cache16 MB16 MB
Cores / Threads8 / 168 / 16
TDP45 Watt35 Watt
Technology6 nm6 nm
max. Temp.95 °C95 °C
SocketFP7/FP7r2FP7/FP7r2
FeaturesDDR5-4800/LPDDR5-6400 RAM (incl. ECC), PCIe 4, MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHADDR5-4800/LPDDR5-6400 RAM (incl. ECC), PCIe 4, 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 680M ( - 2400 MHz)AMD Radeon 680M ( - 2200 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
Announced
Manufacturerwww.amd.comwww.amd.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R7 6800HS
39.3 pt (55%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
11992 Points (11%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
1455 Points (62%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
570 Points (63%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
4634 Points (11%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
1987 Points (13%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
234 Points (70%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
26.2 Points (34%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
2.8 Points (69%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
6258 Points (38%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
41339 Points (30%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
75070 Points (52%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
11833 Points (14%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
6716 Points (11%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
56170 MIPS (32%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
5495 MIPS (66%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
113.7 fps (40%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
254.7 fps (59%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
15.1 fps (27%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
1.1 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
1.7 GB/s (29%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
11.4 GB/s (30%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
258 Seconds (2%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
0.5 sec (11%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
13890 Points (30%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
8.4 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
20.1 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
711 s (3%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
68865 Points (60%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
18829 Points (51%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
74164 Points (60%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
18745 Points (47%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
25588 Points (46%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
10146 Points (43%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
1492 Points (63%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
9298 Points (17%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
6168 Points (62%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
36693 Points (41%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
618 ms (1%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
280 Points (58%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
78.9 Watt (14%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
83.6 Watt (15%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
18.1 Watt (20%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
23.8 Points per Watt (18%)

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