AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS vs Intel Core i5-13420H

Ryzen 9 6900HS vs Core i5-13420H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 6900HS beats the Core i5-13420H in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-13420H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 9 6900HS has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 6900HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13420H. Also, the Ryzen 9 6900HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-13420H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 6900HS. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 6900HS has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-13420H.

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 6900HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.