Intel Core i5-10500T vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3986 points
7025 points
76% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5707 points
8549 points
49% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3461 points
6518 points
88% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3351 points
6374 points
90% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

80.54 points
184.59 points
129% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4686 points
9459 points
101% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1285 points
1979 points
54% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz
3.30 GHz
43% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
4.9 GHz
28% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
28% slightly lower TDP
45 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

437th of 1,089
192nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 9 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-10500T vs Ryzen 9 6900HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 6900HX is faster than the Core i5-10500T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-10500T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 6900HX has slightly more cores than the Core i5-10500T. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 6900HX has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-10500T. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10500T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 6900HX has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10500T. Also, the Ryzen 9 6900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-10500T CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 6900HX CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-10500T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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