Intel Core i9-11900H vs AMD Ryzen Z1

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Z1 6 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

5635 points
5874 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8064 points
8265 points
2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4910 points
5178 points
5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4760 points
5019 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

144.70 points
8% slightly higher Blender score
133.44 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
3.20 GHz
28% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
Identical
4.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
28 W
60% significantly lower TDP

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

283rd of 1,089
261st of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i9
Ryzen Z1

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 May
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i9-11900H vs Ryzen Z1 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Z1 beats the Core i9-11900H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-11900H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-11900H has slightly more cores than the Ryzen Z1. Indeed, the Core i9-11900H has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen Z1. It also has more threads than the Ryzen Z1. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Z1 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-11900H. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The Ryzen Z1 outputs less heat than Core i9-11900H 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 i9-11900H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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