AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme vs Intel Core i9 8950HK

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AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

Intel Core i9 8950HK

We compared two laptop CPUs: AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme with 8 cores 3.3GHz and Intel Core i9 8950HK with 6 cores 2.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme 's Advantages

Released 6 years late

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (7500 vs 2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (89.6GB/s vs 41.8GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.3GHz vs 2.9GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 12MB)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (30W vs 45W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme +44%

1719

Intel Core i9 8950HK

1190

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme +100%

13884

Intel Core i9 8950HK

6912

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme +108%

2522

Intel Core i9 8950HK

1208

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme +126%

11212

Intel Core i9 8950HK

4960

Blender

AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme +97%

197

Intel Core i9 8950HK

100

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme +73%

1841

Intel Core i9 8950HK

1063

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme +88%

9906

Intel Core i9 8950HK

5262

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme +47%

3617

Intel Core i9 8950HK

2460

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme +135%

25181

Intel Core i9 8950HK

10680

AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

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Intel Core i9 8950HK

General Parameters

Apr 2024

Release Date

Apr 2018

Amd

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 4 (Phoenix)

Core Architecture

Coffee Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-8950HK

FP8

Socket

BGA-1440

Radeon 780M

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

Ryzen 7 (Zen 4 (Phoenix))

Generation

-

Package

25 billions

Transistor Count

-

4 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

9-30 W

Power Consumption

45 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

TSMC

Foundry

-

178 mm²

Die Size

-

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

6

16

Performance Core Threads

12

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.9 GHz

5.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.8 GHz

8

Total Core Count

6

16

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

-

33x

Multiplier

37x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

12 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5600,LPDDR5x-7500

Memory Types

DDR4-2666, LPDDR3-2133

256 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

89.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

41.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

800 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

350 MHz

2700 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1200 MHz

768

Shader Units

192

48

Texture Units

24

32

Raster Operation Units

3

12

Execution Units

24

15 W

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Max Resolution

4096x2304 - 60 Hz

4.15 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

0.38 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

Official Website

Intel Core i9 8950HK

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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