AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX vs AMD Ryzen 5 6600H

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 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

7025 points
32% slightly better overall score
5291 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8549 points
20% slightly better gaming score
7096 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6518 points
37% slightly better multitasking score
4729 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6374 points
38% slightly better heavy workload score
4589 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

184.59 points
42% significantly higher Blender score
129.09 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

15100 points
40% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
10717 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9459 points
26% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7501 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1979 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1825 points

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
Identical
3.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed
4.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
Identical
45 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
33% slightly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache
3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

192nd of 1,089
311th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Mobile
Ryzen 5 Mobile

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen 9 6900HX vs Ryzen 5 6600H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 6900HX is faster than the Ryzen 5 6600H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 6600H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 6900HX has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 6600H that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 6600H. According to our data, the Ryzen 9 6900HX and Ryzen 5 6600H have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 6900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 9 6900HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 6600H. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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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