Just when I was starting to eyeball the newMacBook Profor its improbably fast processing speeds , AMD just pulled me back to the Windows side with its Ryzen 9 5980HS . Like itslatest background processor , AMD took vantage of itsZen 3 architectureand get the same telling performance to its Modern H - series mobile processors , dumped in a lot more cache to improve processing time even further , and the result is worthy of a chef ’s kiss . AMD has formally point the performing subject with Intel on both the background and mobile front , andit ’s prison term more laptop makers took note .
To see how the Ryzen 9 5980HS ’s performance compared to otherlaptops Gizmodo has reviewed in the past times , I selected a few models with processors that were the most equivalent to Asus ’ unexampled 2 - in-1 gambling laptop , the ROG Flow X13 — the only laptop I had on - hand with AMD ’s top - of - the - stock mobile central processor . It ’s built for portability rather than chunk to the wall performance , thanks to the GTX 1650 Max - Q graphics card at heart , so it ’s fundamentally an ultra - slim laptop computer that ’s light and thin than the MacBook Pro . But the GPU is really a encumbrance when it comes to playing video games ; it just does n’t have the juice to keep up with the CPU .
In an ideal world , I ’d be able to test exactly the same system with just the central processing unit and motherboard swapped out , but laptops have much more nuanced designs than desktops , and not all laptop computer makers , also known as OEMs , have both an Intel and AMD version of the same laptops . ( Lenovo is currently the exception . )
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As such , my exam organization include the chase :
Asus ROG Flow X13 : AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS @ 3.0 - 4.8 gigacycle , 8 - cores/16 - threads , GTX 1650 Max - Q , 32 GB DRAM
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 : AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS @ 3.0 - 4.3GHz , 8 - cores/16 - thread , RTX 2060 Max - Q , 16 GB drachm
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Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 7 : AMD Ryzen 7 4800U @ 1.8 - 4.2 gigacycle per second , 8 - cores/16 - threads , with Radeon Graphics , 16 GB drachma
MSI Prestige 14 Evo : Intel Core i7 - 1185G7 @ 3.00 gigacycle per second , 4 - cores/8 - duds , with Iris Xe Graphics , 16 GB DRAM
MSI Creator 15 : Intel Core i7 - 10875H @ 2.13 - 5.10 GHz , 8 - cores/16 - thread , RTX 2060 , 16 GB DRAM
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Dell XPS 17 9700 : Intel Core i7 - 10875H @ 2.13 - 5.10 gigacycle per second , 8 - cores/16 - screw thread , RTX 2060 Max - Q , 16 GB drachma
Apple MacBook Pro 13 - inch : M1 processor @ 3.20 GHz , 8 - cores ( 4 “ big , ” 4 “ niggling ” ) , 16 GB drachm
Because some of these systems were test at different sentence , most of the charts below do n’t include every single system . For instance , the Intel Core i7 - 10875H from the Dell XPS laptop computer was included in the Geekbench 5 termination , not the MSI Creator 15 , because Geekbench 5 datum was not available for that organization . datum from either Core i7 - 10875H system of rules was not include in the Cinebench results because no data was available . Each graphical record is label accordingly with what Core i7 - 10875H system was used , as appropriate — but overall the Ryzen 9 5980HS is equate with at least one other Intel , AMD , and Apple system .
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Let ’s start with bare-ass processor functioning . If looking at these benchmarks does n’t make you go “ shiiiiiiiiiit , ” I ’m not sure what will .
The Ryzen 9 5980HS has the high-pitched multi - core benchmarks I ’ve ever seen in a mobile CPU . Like , it ’s not even a competition between it and the other Intel / Apple CPUs . Ryzen 9 5980HS way out performs both the 8 - core i7 - 10875H and Apple M1 in Geekbench 5 and Cinebench R23 — specially in Cinebench R23 .
AMD comes pretty all-fired close to Intel and Apple in single kernel public presentation , too . In Cinebench , the Ryzen 9 5980HS is only six full stop behind the M1 , yet has about a 170 - point lead over the Core i7 - 1185G7 . It does n’t fare as well in Geekbench 5 , falling behind the M1 by about 200 point , but the Ryzen 9 5980HS is only 30 points behind the Core i7 - 1185G7 .
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However , putting the Flow X13 laptop computer into turbo mode push it past Apple ’s M1 by about 15 points , take a leak it the drawing card of the pack here . Not every laptop computer has a turbo mood , though , so for the interest of observe thing as consistent as possible from laptop computer to laptop computer , I do n’t do the main testing in turbo modality — either balanced or performance , depending on what ’s useable . The MSI Prestige 14 Evo only has a balanced mode , for instance .
I did bleed the Ryzen 9 5980HS against Intel ’s Core i9 - 10885H in Geekbench 4 , because Geekbench 4 results were the only results I had on handwriting for that Intel wandering processor ; AMD was about 300 points high than Intel in unmarried core carrying out , and about 2500 points higher in multicore .
The Ryzen 9 5980HS also did decently well in our Civilization VI AI exam , out - classing both Apple ’s M1 and Intel ’s Core i7 - 1185G7 , but , strangely , falling behind its Ryzen 9 4900HS predecessor . ( Geekbench 4 put the Ryzen 9 5980HS in front of the Ryzen 9 4900HS by 1100 points in the single pith run , and over 3000 in the multi - core . ) That could be due to DRAM fastness or memory timings , or even clock speed , and without re - test the Ryzen 9 4900HS it ’s intemperate to say for indisputable .
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The oddity of that consequence does highlight something about AMD ’s newest mobile processor , and central processor in ecumenical — how a laptop is configured can produce noticeable differences , even if the basic spec listing is the same . Anything from how the exhibit is tilt to thermic invention and flow of air can switch the performance of a similarly specced system of rules . If the cover is n’t tilted at just the right angle on the Flow X13 , you’re able to gain an full minute of fork out prison term in Blender . No trick !
But all the bare-assed power of the central processor really shines though in some of our other tests , Blender specifically . Rendering the same 3D range in Blender took about six and a half minutes for the Ryzen 9 5980HS , which is the fast out of the six processors on the chart above . AMD ’s C.P.U. also do praiseworthily well transcoding a 4 super C picture to 1080p , 30fps in Handbrake , although it did fall behind the Ryzen 9 4900HS slightly . However , putting the Flow X13 in turbo mood drop the transcoding time just enough for the Ryzen 9 5980HS to be a few second faster than the Ryzen 9 4900HS .
AMD ’s Ryzen 9 5980HS also execute well export an MP4 video in Adobe Premiere Pro to an HEVC codec . Although about 20 second slower than the Core i7 - 1185G7 , it was still much quicker than Apple ’s M1 .
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Not only is the Ryzen 9 5980HS one of the fastest mobile gaming processors out there , but it ’s also one of the good at handle creative workflow tasks thanks to its excellent exclusive and multi - core carrying out . have to at long last see it in action make believe me all the more excited to see this processor paired with an RTX 3060 or higher . AMD tie Intel in gaming public presentation with its Ryzen 5000 series background central processor , and I bet it ’ll see the same results once I get my hands on a few new laptops with RTX 30 - serial cards .
The thing holding back the Ryzen 9 5980HS , which I utter more about in my Asus ROG Flow X13 review , is the GTX 1650 . Not even the ultra slim innovation cause any caloric issue ( except for the screen tilt ! ) , so I ’m super stoked to see what this central processing unit can do in a design meant to really show it off .
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