AMD Ryzen 7 5800X vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 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

7869 points
12% slightly better overall score
7025 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9478 points
10% slightly better gaming score
8549 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7328 points
12% slightly better multitasking score
6518 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7169 points
12% slightly better heavy workload score
6374 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7634 points
11% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
6835 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

213.11 points
15% slightly higher Blender score
184.59 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

15711 points
4% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
15100 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10085 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
9429 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2119 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1960 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10211 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
9459 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2193 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1979 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
15% slightly higher clock speed
3.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
4.9 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
45 W
133% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
Identical
512 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
Identical
4 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

151st of 1,089
192nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
Ryzen 9 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Ryzen 7 5800X vs Ryzen 9 6900HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 5800X beats the Ryzen 9 6900HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 6900HX in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800X 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 Ryzen 7 5800X 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, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache. The Ryzen 7 5800X 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 7 5800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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