AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS vs AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

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
15% slightly better overall score
5521 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7734 points
8044 points
4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5949 points
24% slightly better multitasking score
4773 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5841 points
26% slightly better heavy workload score
4617 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6852 points
31% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5215 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

177.47 points
11% slightly higher Blender score
159.49 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8733 points
9444 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1846 points
2354 points
27% slightly 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
3.55 GHz
7% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
5 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
85% significantly lower TDP
65 W

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
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

229th of 1,089
291st of 1,089

Family

The product line

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Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

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2024 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
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Ryzen 9 6900HS vs Ryzen 5 8500G comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 8500G performs better than the Ryzen 9 6900HS. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 6900HS in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 6900HS has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 8500G has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8500G. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 8500G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 6900HS. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 8500G has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 6900HS. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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 6900HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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