Ryzen 9 6980HX vs Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U and Ryzen 9 6980HX processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	950	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)	AMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+)
Power efficiency	50.09	no data
Architecture codename	Renoir-U PRO (Zen 2) (2020)	Rembrandt-H (Zen 3+) (2022)
Release date	7 May 2020 (4 years ago)	January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U and Ryzen 9 6980HX basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	6 (Hexa-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	12	16
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	5 GHz
Bus type	PCIe 3.0	no data
Multiplier	21	no data
L1 cache	384 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	3 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	7 nm	6 nm
Die size	156 mm2	208 mm2
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	95 °C
Number of transistors	9800 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U and Ryzen 9 6980HX compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Socket	FP6	FP7
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U and Ryzen 9 6980HX. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	PRO, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME	MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	+
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U and Ryzen 9 6980HX are enumerated here.

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U and Ryzen 9 6980HX. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR5
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	4	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	68.27 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare

AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1500 MHz)

AMD Radeon 680M ( - 2400 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U and Ryzen 9 6980HX.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	20

Pros & cons summary

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Integrated graphics card	6.04	15.33
Physical cores	6	8
Threads	12	16
Chip lithography	7 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	45 Watt

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