AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600

Compare AMD 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 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
8029 points
26% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7734 points
10859 points
40% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5949 points
7113 points
19% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5841 points
6886 points
17% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6852 points
3% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
6614 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

177.47 points
199.23 points
12% slightly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

14403 points
13% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
12735 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8534 points
11709 points
37% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1861 points
2649 points
42% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8733 points
12203 points
39% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1846 points
2751 points
49% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

3.30 GHz
3.80 GHz
15% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
5.1 GHz
4% 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

512 KiB
33% slightly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
6 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache

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 1,118
158th of 1,118

Family

The product line

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Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

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2023 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

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DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Ryzen 9 6900HS vs Ryzen 5 7600 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 7600 beats the Ryzen 9 6900HS in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 6900HS in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 6900HS has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 7600. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 6900HS has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7600. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 6900HS. Also, the Ryzen 5 7600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 6900HS CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 7600 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 5 7600 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 6900HS. The Ryzen 5 7600 also has significantly more 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.

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