AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX vs Intel Core i5-13420H

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i5 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

7025 points

33% slightly better overall score

5252 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8549 points

11% slightly better gaming score

7672 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6518 points

43% significantly better multitasking score

4530 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6374 points

45% significantly better heavy workload score

4376 points

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6835 points

25% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

5457 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

184.59 points

53% significantly higher Blender score

120.41 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.30 GHz

57% significantly higher clock speed

2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

4.6 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

7 MiB

75% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

192nd of 1,089

316th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Mobile

13th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5

DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 9 6900HX vs Core i5-13420H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 6900HX performs better than the Core i5-13420H. Despite this, the Core i5-13420H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 9 6900HX has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 6900HX has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-13420H. Also, the Ryzen 9 6900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-13420H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 6900HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 6900HX has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-13420H.

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 6900HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.