AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS vs Intel Core i7-9700

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 core CPU vs Intel 9th Generation Core i7 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

6179 points
19% slightly better overall score
5190 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7639 points
0.87% slightly better gaming score
7573 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5707 points
29% slightly better multitasking score
4403 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5585 points
32% slightly better heavy workload score
4217 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6228 points
20% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5171 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

160.71 points
51% significantly higher Blender score
106.42 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
100% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
Identical
3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
4.7 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
85% significantly lower TDP
65 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

8 KiB
512 KiB
6300% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

240th of 1,089
326th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Mobile
9th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 9 5900HS vs Core i7-9700 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 5900HS performs better than the Core i7-9700. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-9700 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Ryzen 9 5900HS has more threads. Both the Ryzen 9 5900HS and Core i7-9700 have the same clock speed. A Ryzen 9 5900HS CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-9700 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 5900HS has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-9700. The Ryzen 9 5900HS also has slightly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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