AMD Ryzen 5 6600H vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 12 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

5291 points
13788 points
160% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7096 points
14026 points
97% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4729 points
13725 points
190% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4589 points
13727 points
199% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

129.09 points
462.53 points
258% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7501 points
19790 points
163% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1825 points
3339 points
82% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
12
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
24
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.30 GHz
4.4 GHz
33% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
5.6 GHz
24% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
166% significantly lower TDP
120 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
960 KiB
150% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
12 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
64 MiB
300% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

311th of 1,089
35th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

-
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Ryzen 5 6600H vs Ryzen 9 9900X specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 9900X is faster than the Ryzen 5 6600H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 6600H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 9900X has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 6600H. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9900X has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 6600H. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 6600H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 6600H. Also, the Ryzen 9 9900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 6600H CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 9900X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 9900X has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 6600H. The Ryzen 9 9900X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 Ryzen 5 6600H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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