Intel Core i9-10900X vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS

Core i9-10900X vs Ryzen 9 6900HS comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 6900HS is faster than the Core i9-10900X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10900X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-10900X has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 6900HS has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 6900HS. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-10900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 6900HS. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 6900HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 6900HS outputs less heat than Core i9-10900X thanks to a significantly 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 i9-10900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.