Intel Core i9-10900 vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS

Core i9-10900 vs Ryzen 9 6900HS specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-10900 beats the Ryzen 9 6900HS in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 6900HS in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-10900 has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 9 6900HS. Indeed, the Core i9-10900 has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 9 6900HS. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 6900HS. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 6900HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-10900. Despite this, the Core i9-10900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 6900HS outputs less heat than Core i9-10900 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 6900HS has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-10900. Despite this, the Core i9-10900 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 9 6900HS.

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 i9-10900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.