AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX vs Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jan 2022
Jan 2026
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Rembrandt
Arrow Lake
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 680M
Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
Processor Number
-
290HX
Generation
-
Ultra 9 (Arrow Lake-HX)
Package
Manufacturing Process
6 nm
3 nm
Socket
FP7
FCBGA-2114
Power Consumption
45 W
45-55 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
105 °C
Transistor Count
-
17.8 billions
Max Turbo Power Consumption
-
160 W
Foundry
-
TSMC
Die Size
-
243 mm²
Package
-
FC-BGA
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
8
Performance Core Threads
16
8
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.3 GHz
2.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5 GHz
5.5 GHz
Total Core Count
8
24
Total Thread Count
16
24
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
33x
27
L1 Cache
64 K per core
192 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
3 MB per core
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
36 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
Efficiency Cores
-
16
Efficiency Core Threads
-
16
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
1.8 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
-
4.7 GHz
SMP
-
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-5200, LPDDR5-6400
DDR5-6400
Max Memory Channels
4
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
102.4 GB/s
Max Memory Size
-
256 GB
ECC Memory Support
-
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
2000 MHz
300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2400 MHz
2000 MHz
Shader Units
768
512
Texture Units
48
32
Raster Operation Units
32
16
Execution Units
12
64
Power Consumption
15 W
14
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,669
2,237
Cinebench R23
14,711
38,581
Geekbench 6
-
3,196
Geekbench 6
-
21,569
Cinebench 2024
-
126
Cinebench 2024
-
2,218
Passmark CPU
-
5,006
Passmark CPU
-
66,051