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AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

Benchmarks for the AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
  • The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

Is the AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX Good for Gaming?

This is an old CPU that contains 8 Cores and 16 Threads. The AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX also has reasonable threaded performance that will serve well in games. Paired with a good videocard, is this CPU Good for Gaming? Yes, this would be a suitable CPU for gaming. [More ...]

AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

Description: with Radeon Graphics

Class: Laptop

Socket: FP6

Clockspeed: 3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.8 GHz

Cores: 8 Threads: 16

Typical TDP: 45 W

TDP Down: 35 W

TDP Up: 54 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 8 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 8 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 8 x 512 KB
L3 Cache: 16 MB

Other names: AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX with Radeon Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2021

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
751st fastest in multithreading out of 5785 CPUs
593rd fastest in single threading out of 5785 CPUs
133rd fastest in out of 1610 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
23159
Single Thread Rating
3308

Samples: 263*
*Margin for error: Low

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

Integer Math88,537 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math49,721 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers53 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting31,684 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption18,975 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression304,753 KBytes/Sec
Physics892 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions20,875 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread3,308 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 11th of February 2026
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 11th of February 2026.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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HP OMEN Gaming Laptop, AMD Ryzen 9-8940HX, 64 GB DDR5 RAM, 4 TB PCIe SSD, 16" 2K (1920x1200) 144Hz Display, Nvidia G-Force RTX 5060, Backlit Keyboard, W11 Pro, Shadow Black HP OMEN Gaming Laptop, AMD Ryzen 9-8940HX, 64 GB DDR5 RAM, 4 TB PCIe SSD, 16" 2K (1920x1200) 144Hz Display, Nvidia G-Force RTX 5060, Backlit Keyboard, W11 Pro, Shadow Black $2149.00
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Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL3255838 - Feb 01 2026
19245
BL3255759 - Feb 01 2026
18185
BL3190190 - Jan 05 2026
16400
BL3132244 - Dec 13 2025
16414
BL3131868 - Dec 13 2025
23789
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
As of 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
23,159
AMD Ryzen 7 6800H vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
22,866 (-1.3%)
Intel Core i9-11950H @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
20,469 (-11.6%)
Intel Core i9-11900H @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
19,920 (-14.0%)
Intel Core i7-11850H @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
19,831 (-14.4%)
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
19,759 (-14.7%)
AMD Ryzen 7 5825U vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
17,976 (-22.4%)
Intel Core i9-12900H vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
26,890 (+16.1%)
Intel Core i9-12900HK vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
25,428 (+9.8%)
Intel Core i7-12700H vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
25,259 (+9.1%)
Intel Core i7-12800H vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
23,931 (+3.3%)
Intel Core i7-12650H vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
21,627 (-6.6%)
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
24,180 (+4.4%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX Good for Gaming?
As of 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
9,772
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
9,412
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX
8,991
Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX
8,984
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX
7,908
Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX
7,876
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
7,768
Intel Core Ultra X9 388H
7,303
AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX
7,301
Intel Core i9-14900HX
6,904
AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 392
6,807
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390
6,751
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
2,468