AMD Ryzen 5 4500U vs Intel Core i7-980

AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
AMD Socket FP6MOBILE
2300 MHz / Cores: 6 / Jan 2020
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
Intel Core i7-980
Intel Socket 1366DESKTOP
3333 MHz / Cores: 6 / Jun 2011
Intel Core i7-980

Summary

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 4500U

105 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Core i7-980.
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-980

None

AMD Ryzen 5 4500U

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 4500U

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 5 4500UIntel Core i7-980
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
SHA
F16C
FMA3
AMD64
EVP
AMD-V
SMAP
SMEP
SMT
Precision Boost 2

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 5 4500UIntel Core i7-980
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsIntel_Westmere
MarketMobilevsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-4266 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR3
CodenameRenoirvsGulftown
Release DateJan 2020vsJun 2011

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 4500UIntel Core i7-980
Cores6vs6
Threads6vs12
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon Graphics 384SPvsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 4500UIntel Core i7-980
L1 Cache128K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache11MB (shared)vs12288 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 5 4500UIntel Core i7-980
SocketAMD Socket FP6vsIntel Socket 1366
Max Case TempN/Avsunknown
PackagevsFC-LGA10
Die Sizeunknownvs239mm²
Process7 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 4500UIntel Core i7-980
Cpu Frequency2300 MHzvs3333 MHz
Turbo Clock4000 MHzvs3600 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs133 MHz
VoltageN/Avs1.3 V
TDP25 Wvs130 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
    4480 points
  • Intel Core i7-980
    2880 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
    15456 points
  • Intel Core i7-980
    15998 points

Points - higher is better