AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX vs Intel Core i9-13900H

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i9 14 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

7077 points

0.74% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8549 points

9022 points

5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6518 points

6522 points

0.06% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6374 points

6425 points

0.80% slightly better heavy workload score

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6835 points

8124 points

18% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

184.59 points

200.38 points

8% slightly higher Blender score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

15100 points

20385 points

35% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

75% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

25% slightly more threads

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

5.4 GHz

10% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

Identical

4 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

24 MiB

49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

192nd of 1,089

187th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Mobile

13th Generation Core i9

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 i9-13900H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-13900H beats the Ryzen 9 6900HX in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 6900HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-13900H has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 6900HX has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 6900HX. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 6900HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-13900H. Despite this, the Core i9-13900H has a slightly higher turbo speed. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Core i9-13900H also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 6900HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.