AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Intel Core i7-9750H

Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Core i7-9750H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 5900HX beats the Core i7-9750H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-9750H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 5900HX has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i7-9750H that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-9750H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9750H. Also, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-9750H. The Ryzen 9 5900HX also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.