AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS vs AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U

Processor comparisons 12-01-2022

   Let's say you have difficulties with the choice of a CPU, you will solve them by reading the full tests AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS vs AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U and decide which is better for games or normal use for video editing, machine learning, streaming, programming, rendering. Here is all information from real video editing and streaming tests or different benchmarks. A step-by-step analysis of all the specifications, to make it easier to read, is made by the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint testing in special testing software like Cinebench 23 (20, 15), Blender, Furmark, Prime95, Dolphin Emulator, VeraCrypt, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, Gears 5, Handbrake, PassMark, SuperPi, GeekBench 6, 5.2, 3DMark, WPrime, UserBenchmark, 7zip, Blender, AIDA64, RealBench, PCMark 10, MATLAB, DaVinci Resolve Studio.
   And how good the CPUs are in games:

Borderlands 3
DOOM: Eternal
Cyberpunk 2077
Apex Legends
Red Dead Redemption 2
Death Stranding
Watch Dogs Legion
Valheim
Last Man Standing
Overwatch
Valorant
Grand Theft Auto V
Call of Duty: Warzone and Modern Warfare
Rainbow Six Siege
Halo Infinite
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Fortnite
Fallout 76

After reading the results of joint benchmarks and videos, you already be able to understand which CPU is better to buy for gaming AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U or AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Ryzen 9 6980HS

58%

Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U

58%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Ryzen 9 6980HS

55%

Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U

54%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor currently available. And of course, this is a server processor, on which no one will play games. Because the cost of this processor reaches several tens of thousands of dollars. Therefore, if you think that the selected CPU has a low game result, look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the summary table below.
List of other games in which processors were compared: League of Legends (LOL), NBA 2K20, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Control, Half-Life: Alyx, Metro Exodus, Horizon Zero Dawn, Hitman 3, DOTA 2A, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Ghostrunner, Forza Horizon 4, Monster Hunter World, Battlefield V, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Shadow of the Tomb Raider.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	97.3	96.5
Valorant	110.6	109.6
Cyberpunk 2077	61.9	61.4
Apex Legends	103.9	103.0
Call of Duty Warzone	82.9	82.2
Overwatch	89.5	88.8
Red Dead Redemption 2	76.3	75.6
DOOM Eternal	55.3	54.8
Warzone	86.2	85.5
Assassin's Creed	92.9	92.1
Valheim	91.8	91.0

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The computers participating in the comparisons not only were the equipped with different amounts of RAM and different video cards. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, FullHD or 4K. Therefore, the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. To be sure exactly how much performance the processor will be in games, if you compare it in one assembly with the video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Ryzen 9 6980HS

156%

Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U

206%

To make a finishing resolution on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. It is clear that the newer the generation, the better the performance of the processor in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U is more energy efficient than the Ryzen 9 6980HS as it consumes less power: 35W vs. 20W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, it will be useful to know its TDP. You need to buy a cooler that has the TDP data specified in the specification was greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

If you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for streaming, programming, video editing or video rendering, machine learning, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to achieve maximum performance, the CPU uses all threads and cores that it has. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to check whether the program you are going to use on your computer supports multi-threaded mode. Since there are still many programs that use only one core to run, and all the advantages of multi-core mode turns out to be unnecessary.

Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS	AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U
Cinbench 15 Single-core	261	257
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	2536	2482
Cinbench 20 Single-core	610	597
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	5559	5441
Cinbench 23 Single-core	1578	1482
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	14146	15143

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS	AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U
Single-Core	3379	3308
Multi-Core	27970	27376

GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS	AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U
Single-Core	1643	1240
Multi-Core	9105	8286

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most useful will be the release date of the processor and the possibility of overclocking it. The newer the processor, the longer it will last you. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system in the future. The same can be said about overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, thereby increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS in the newest games. Accordingly, you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The savings are obvious!

	AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS	AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U
Announcement date	January 09, 2022	February 22, 2021
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FP7	FP6
Core name	Rembrandt	Cezanne
Architecture	Zen 3+	Zen 3
Generation	6	5
Turbo Frequency	5 MHz	4.4 MHz
Frequency	3.3 MHz	1.9 MHz
Cores	8	8
Threads	16	16
Bus rate
Bit	64	64
Lithography	6 nm	7 nm
Transistors count	10200 millions	6200 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	35 W	20 W
Memory type	DDR5	DDR4-3200 LPDDR4-4266
Max. Memory
Memory Frequency	3200	3200
Memory bandwidth
L1 cache	512KB
L2 cache	4MB	4MB
L3 cache	16MB	32MB
Overclocking	No	Yes
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	FP7:100-000000750 FP7r2:100-000000751

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Ryzen 9 6980HS is 42% better than Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U in terms of CPU frequency. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS is better: 27
The number of parameters for which AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U is better: 4
Although it should be understood that all the number in the article above do not mean that taking them into account you should undividedly trust a simple comparison of these numbers. Better to watch benchmarks video and read the reviews of real owners of AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS and AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U before deciding which processor to buy for gaming and which not.

AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS specs and review.

• AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U specs and review.