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

Core i9-10900X vs Ryzen 9 6900HX specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 6900HX performs better than the Core i9-10900X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10900X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-10900X has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 9 6900HX. Indeed, the Core i9-10900X has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 9 6900HX. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 6900HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-10900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 6900HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 6900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 6900HX 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.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-10900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.