AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX vs AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 core CPU vs AMD 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

27% slightly better overall score

5521 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8549 points

6% slightly better gaming score

8044 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6518 points

36% slightly better multitasking score

4773 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6374 points

38% slightly better heavy workload score

4617 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6835 points

31% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

5215 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

184.59 points

15% slightly higher Blender score

159.49 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9459 points

0.16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

9444 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1979 points

2354 points

18% 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

3.55 GHz

7% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz

5 GHz

2% 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

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

Identical

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

192nd of 1,089

291st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Mobile

Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 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 8500G benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 6900HX performs better than the Ryzen 5 8500G. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 8500G has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 6900HX has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 8500G has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8500G. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 8500G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 6900HX. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 8500G has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 6900HX. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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.