AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT

Compare AMD 8 core CPU vs AMD 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

6371 points

6416 points

0.71% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7734 points

8665 points

12% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5949 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

5694 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5841 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

5516 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6852 points

23% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

5539 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

177.47 points

27% slightly higher Blender score

139.36 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8733 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

7974 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1846 points

2039 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.30 GHz

4.59 GHz

39% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

4.6 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

512 KiB

33% slightly more L1 cache

384 KiB

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

Identical

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

229th of 1,089

225th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 9 6900HS vs Ryzen 5 5600GT benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 6900HS is faster than the Ryzen 5 5600GT. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600GT has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 6900HS has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5600GT. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 6900HS has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5600GT. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600GT. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5600GT has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 6900HS. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 6900HS has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 5600GT. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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 9 6900HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.