Intel Core i9 10980HK vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940H

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We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core i9 10980HK with 8 cores 2.4GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 8940H with 8 cores 4.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 8940H's Advantages

Released 3 years and 9 months late

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5600 vs DDR4-2933)

Larger memory bandwidth (89.6GB/s vs 45.8GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.0GHz vs 2.4GHz)

Lower TDP (35W vs 45W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i9 10980HK

1048

AMD Ryzen 9 8940H +139%

2512

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 10980HK

5011

AMD Ryzen 9 8940H +161%

13104

Intel Core i9 10980HK

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AMD Ryzen 9 8940H

General Parameters

Apr 2020

Release Date

Jan 2024

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Laptop

Type

Laptop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Comet Lake-H

Core Architecture

Zen 4 (Phoenix)

i9-10980HK

Processor Number

-

BGA-1440

Socket

FP8

UHD Graphics 630

Integrated Graphics

Radeon 780M

Package

-

Transistor Count

25 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

BGA-1440

Socket

FP8

45 W

Power Consumption

35-54 W

100 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

8

16

Performance Core Threads

16

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.0 GHz

5.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.2 GHz

8

Total Core Count

8

16

Total Thread Count

16

100MHz

Bus Frequency

100MHz

24x

Multiplier

40x

64K per core

L1 Cache

64K per core

256K per core

L2 Cache

8MB

16MB shared

L3 Cache

16MB

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2933

Memory Types

DDR5-5600

128GB

Max Memory Size

256GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

45.8 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

89.6 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

-

Graphics Card Parameters

True

Integrated Graphics

True

350 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

1500 MHz

1250 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2800 MHz

192

Shader Units

768

24

Texture Units

48

3

Raster Operation Units

32

24

Execution Units

12

15 W

Power Consumption

15 W

4096x2304 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

7680x4320 - 60 Hz

0.38 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

8.12 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i9 10980HK

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 9 8940H

3.0

PCIe Version

4.0

16

PCIe Lanes

20

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