AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX

Benchmarks for the AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX 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 6980HX Good for Gaming?

This is a newly released CPU that contains 8 Cores and 16 Threads. The AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX 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 6980HX

Description: AMD Radeon 680M

Class: Desktop, Laptop

Socket: FP7

Clockspeed: 3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed: 5.0 GHz

Cores: 8 Threads: 16

Typical TDP: 45 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 6980HX with Radeon Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2026

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
704th fastest in multithreading out of 6045 CPUs
506th fastest in single threading out of 6045 CPUs
212th fastest in out of 1595 Desktop CPUs
109th fastest in out of 1652 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

26817

Single Thread Rating

3587

Samples: 2*
*Margin for error: High

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX

Integer Math	92,294 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	52,996 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	67 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	35,926 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	21,352 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	348,309 KBytes/Sec
Physics	1,250 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	24,755 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	3,587 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 9th of October 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of October 2026.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop, Laptop CPUs
As of 9th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,189
AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX		26,817
Intel Core i7-12700H		24,932
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,821
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,446
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		19,561
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,537
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,119
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,119
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		11,420
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,540

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 9th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		145.48
Intel Core i9-14900K		126.77
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.11
Intel Core i7-12700H		54.56
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		49.52
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		30.05
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10.98
AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX		NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 9th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,690
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,672
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,672
AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX		3,587
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,485
Intel Core i7-12700H		3,479
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,366
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,004
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		2,985
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,604
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,592

Last 2 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3299906 - Feb 20 2026		26876
BL3299861 - Feb 20 2026		26759

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX
As of 9th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX		26,817
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 9645 vs AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX		30,512 (+13.8%)
AMD Ryzen 7 8745HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX		31,431 (+17.2%)
AMD Ryzen 7 260 vs AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX		27,990 (+4.4%)
AMD Ryzen 7 170 vs AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX		20,613 (-23.1%)
AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 388 vs AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX		33,278 (+24.1%)
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X3D vs AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX		32,752 (+22.1%)
AMD Ryzen 7 8700F vs AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX		30,850 (+15.0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS vs AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX		29,167 (+8.8%)
AMD Ryzen 7 8745HS vs AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX		28,523 (+6.4%)
AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS vs AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX		28,261 (+5.4%)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT vs AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX		28,017 (+4.5%)
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D vs AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX		24,988 (-6.8%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX Good for Gaming?
As of 9th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		15,467
AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D		12,519
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,385
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,102
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 9755X3D		12,028
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,258
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,681
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,512
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus		10,492
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,378
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,353
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,055
AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX		3,226

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