AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600

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

8046 points

14% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8549 points

10893 points

27% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6518 points

7125 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6374 points

6898 points

8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6835 points

3% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

6614 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

184.59 points

199.23 points

7% slightly higher Blender score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

15100 points

18% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score

12735 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9429 points

11709 points

24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1960 points

2649 points

35% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9459 points

12203 points

29% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1979 points

2751 points

39% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.30 GHz

3.80 GHz

15% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz

5.1 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

44% significantly lower TDP

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

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

6 MiB

49% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

32 MiB

100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

192nd of 1,089

147th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Mobile

Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 9 6900HX vs Ryzen 5 7600 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 7600 is faster than the Ryzen 9 6900HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 6900HX 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 7600 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7600. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 6900HX. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7600 has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 6900HX. The Ryzen 5 7600 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.