AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX vs Intel Core i5-13500H

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i5 12 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
8% slightly better overall score
6478 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8549 points
8783 points
2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6518 points
12% slightly better multitasking score
5800 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6374 points
12% slightly better heavy workload score
5655 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6835 points
6% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
6443 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

184.59 points
10% slightly higher Blender score
166.36 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

15100 points
16335 points
8% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.30 GHz
26% slightly higher clock speed
2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.7 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
9 MiB
125% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
18 MiB
12% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

192nd of 1,089
222nd 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

-
No

Ryzen 9 6900HX vs Core i5-13500H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 6900HX beats the Core i5-13500H in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-13500H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-13500H has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 9 6900HX. Indeed, the Core i5-13500H has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 9 6900HX. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 6900HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-13500H. Also, the Ryzen 9 6900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-13500H has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 6900HX. The Core i5-13500H also has slightly 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 6900HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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