Intel Core i9-9980HK vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600U

Processor comparisons   20-01-2022
   You may have difficulties with the choice of a processor, you will solve them by reading the comprehensive tests Intel Core i9-9980HK vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600U and understand which is better for games or normal use for programming, machine learning, video editing, streaming, rendering. Here you can find all information from real streaming and video editing tests or several benchmarks. A careful analysis of all the technical characteristics, so that it can be easier to understand, is made by the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint testing in special test applications like MATLAB, UserBenchmark, GeekBench 6, 5.2, SuperPi, RealBench, Handbrake, 3DMark, Blender, Blender, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), Gears 5, Furmark, VeraCrypt, PassMark, AIDA64, Dolphin Emulator, DaVinci Resolve Studio, Prime95, WPrime, PCMark 10, 7zip.
   And how good the CPUs are in games:

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

After reading the results these benchmarks and videos, you already be able to know which CPU is better to buy for gaming AMD Ryzen 5 5600U or Intel Core i9-9980HK.

Summary benchmark results

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

Core i9-9980HK

54%

Ryzen 5 5600U

54%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Core i9-9980HK

54%

Ryzen 5 5600U

53%

For the maximum in this test, the results of the most powerful processor in the site database are taken. And it is clear that this is a server processor, on which no one will play games. Because this processor costs several tens of thousands of dollars. And if it seems to you that the selected CPU has a small game result, look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the final table below.
List of other games in which CPU comparisons were performed: Hitman 3, Metro Exodus, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, League of Legends (LOL), Ghostrunner, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, NBA 2K20, DOTA 2A, Control, Battlefield V, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Forza Horizon 4, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Half-Life: Alyx, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Horizon Zero Dawn, Monster Hunter World.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	95.7	94.2
Valorant	108.8	107.1
Cyberpunk 2077	60.9	60.0
Apex Legends	102.2	100.7
Call of Duty Warzone	81.6	80.3
Overwatch	88.1	86.7
Red Dead Redemption 2	75.0	73.9
DOOM Eternal	54.4	53.5
Warzone	84.8	83.5
Assassin's Creed	91.4	90.0
Valheim	90.3	88.9

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 that were in the comparisons not only did they have different video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, 4K or FullHD. So the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. You will get more accurate information about how powerful 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

Core i9-9980HK

86%

Ryzen 5 5600U

281%

To make a finishing choice on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. The newer the processor generation, the better its performance in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Ryzen 5 5600U is more energy efficient than the Core i9-9980HK since it has less power consumption: 45W vs. 15W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. And TDP should be taken into account when choosing a processor cooling system. It is necessary to calculate so that the TDP data specified in the cooler specification is greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

If you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for video rendering or video editing, streaming, machine learning, programming, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to reach maximum performance, the processor uses all cores and threads 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 can use only one core to run, and all the benefit of multi-core mode are unused.
Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	Intel Core i9-9980HK	AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
Cinbench 15 Single-core	196	185
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	1607	1446
Cinbench 20 Single-core	485	475
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	3503	3194
Cinbench 23 Single-core	1186	1232
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	8370	8533

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

	Intel Core i9-9980HK	AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
Single-Core	2657	2535
Multi-Core	15065	14703

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

	Intel Core i9-9980HK	AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
Single-Core	1165	1268
Multi-Core	7554	6116

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most useful will be the the possibility of overclocking it and release date of the processor. The later the processor is released, the longer it will last in your computer. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system later. The same benefits from the presence of overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS in new games. The economy are obvious! Accordingly, you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	Intel Core i9-9980HK	AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
Announcement date	July 07, 2019	January 12, 2021
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FCBGA1440	FP6
Core name	Coffee Lake	Cezanne
Architecture	x86	Zen 3
Generation	9	3
Turbo Frequency	5 MHz	4.2 MHz
Frequency	2.4 MHz	2.3 MHz
Cores	8	6
Threads	16	12
Bus rate	8 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Transistors count	8600 millions	4800 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	45 W	15 W
Memory type	DDR4-2666, LPDDR3-2133	DDR4 - Up to 3200MHz
Max. Memory	128 Gb
Memory Frequency
Memory bandwidth	41.8 GB/s
L1 cache
L2 cache		3MB
L3 cache	16 MB	16MB
Overclocking	No	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	Expansion Options	100-000000287

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Core i9-9980HK is 4% better than Ryzen 5 5600U in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Core i9-9980HK has 2 more core than Ryzen 5 5600U. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i9-9980HK is better: 27
The number of parameters for which AMD Ryzen 5 5600U is better: 8
Although it should be understood that all the figures in the article above do not mean that you should be guided entirely by them and trust a simple quantitative comparison. Be sure to watch the video tests and read the opinion of of people who bought Intel Core i9-9980HK and AMD Ryzen 5 5600U before making a selection which of the processors to buy for gaming.

Intel Core i9-9980HK - all data

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

• Intel Core i9-9980HK specs and review.

AMD Ryzen 5 5600U - all data

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

• AMD Ryzen 5 5600U specs and review.