AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS vs AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Compare AMD 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 8 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

10982 points

72% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7734 points

13108 points

69% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5949 points

10252 points

72% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5841 points

10031 points

71% significantly better heavy workload score

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6852 points

10082 points

47% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

177.47 points

325.43 points

83% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8733 points

18346 points

110% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1846 points

3336 points

80% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.30 GHz

4.7 GHz

42% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz

5.2 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

242% significantly lower TDP

120 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB

640 KiB

25% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

8 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

96 MiB

499% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

229th of 1,089

70th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 9 6900HS vs Ryzen 7 9800X3D comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D 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.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 6900HS. Also, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 6900HS CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 9800X3D 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 7 9800X3D has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 6900HS. The Ryzen 7 9800X3D 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.