AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 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

6179 points
6267 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7639 points
8333 points
9% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5707 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
5604 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5585 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score
5431 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6228 points
9% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5664 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

160.71 points
6% slightly higher Blender score
150.92 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

3 GHz
3.50 GHz
16% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.4 GHz

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
384 KiB
4700% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache
3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
32 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

240th of 1,089
237th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Mobile
Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Ryzen 9 5900HS vs Ryzen 5 5600 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 5900HS performs better than the Ryzen 5 5600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 5900HS has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5600. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900HS has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5600. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 5900HS. A Ryzen 9 5900HS CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5600 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 5900HS has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 9 5900HS.

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 9 5900HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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