AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7000 Series 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
0.30% slightly better overall score
7004 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8549 points
10197 points
19% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6518 points
9% slightly better multitasking score
5978 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6374 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score
5757 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6835 points
15% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5932 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

184.59 points
192.43 points
4% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
166% significantly more threads
6

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.30 GHz
4.10 GHz
24% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.7 GHz

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

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
6 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
96 MiB
499% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

200th of 1,107
202nd of 1,107

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Mobile
Ryzen 7000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

-
2024 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen 9 6900HX vs Ryzen 5 7600X3D benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 6900HX performs better than the Ryzen 5 7600X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7600X3D has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 6900HX has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 7600X3D. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 6900HX has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7600X3D. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7600X3D. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 7600X3D has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 9 6900HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 6900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 6900HX CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 7600X3D CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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 5 7600X3D has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 6900HX. The Ryzen 5 7600X3D also has significantly 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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