AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

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
8583 points
34% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7734 points
11637 points
50% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5949 points
7604 points
27% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5841 points
7365 points
26% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6852 points
6996 points
2% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

177.47 points
208.44 points
17% slightly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

14403 points
15510 points
7% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8534 points
12562 points
47% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1861 points
2799 points
50% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8733 points
12876 points
47% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1846 points
2889 points
56% 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
4.70 GHz
42% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
5.3 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
200% significantly lower TDP
105 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

229th of 1,089
121st of 1,089

Family

The product line

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Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

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2022 September

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 7600X specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 7600X is faster than the Ryzen 9 6900HS. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 6900HS in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 6900HS has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 7600X that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7600X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 6900HS. Also, the Ryzen 5 7600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 6900HS CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 7600X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7600X has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 6900HS. The Ryzen 5 7600X 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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