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 ...]

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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:
700th fastest in multithreading out of 5440 CPUs
538th fastest in single threading out of 5440 CPUs
118th fastest in out of 1513 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

23274

Single Thread Rating

3316

Samples: 237*
*Margin for error: Low

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

Integer Math	89,057 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	49,938 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	53 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	31,911 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	19,088 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	307,037 KBytes/Sec
Physics	894 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	21,006 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	3,316 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 7th of November 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 4th of November 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of November 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 7th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i7-12700H		25,403
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX		23,274
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,151
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,704
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		19,873
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,113
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,568
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,652
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,147
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,621
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,420

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 7th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-12700H		55.59
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		50.31
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		30.49
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.06
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX		NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 7th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,892
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,834
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,678
Intel Core i7-12700H		3,518
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX		3,316
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,033
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,012
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,897
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,623
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,592
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,395

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3025176 - Nov 03 2025		23332
BL3016671 - Oct 30 2025		18950
BL3004963 - Oct 26 2025		17380
BL3003706 - Oct 25 2025		22247
BL2963428 - Oct 09 2025		25165

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
As of 7th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX		23,274
AMD Ryzen 7 6800H vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX		22,953 (-1.4%)
Intel Core i9-11900H @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX		20,025 (-14.0%)
Intel Core i7-11850H @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX		19,895 (-14.5%)
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX		19,872 (-14.6%)
AMD Ryzen 7 5825U vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX		18,064 (-22.4%)
Intel Core i9-12900H vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX		27,125 (+16.5%)
Intel Core i9-12900HK vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX		25,532 (+9.7%)
Intel Core i7-12700H vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX		25,403 (+9.1%)
Intel Core i7-12800H vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX		24,168 (+3.8%)
Intel Core i7-12650H vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX		21,790 (-6.4%)
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX		24,267 (+4.3%)
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX		23,073 (-0.9%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX Good for Gaming?
As of 7th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX		9,874
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,614
Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX		9,113
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		9,066
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX		8,012
Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX		8,006
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H		7,804
AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX		7,301
Intel Core i9-14900HX		6,984
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390		6,756
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,722
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390		6,704
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX		2,474

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