AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme vs AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H

Compare AMD Ryzen Z1 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen PRO 6000 Series 8 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

6328 points
7135 points
12% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7752 points
9019 points
16% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5895 points
6520 points
10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5789 points
6356 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

169.56 points
172.91 points
1% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9595 points
0.38% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
9559 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2167 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1990 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.30 GHz
Identical
3.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W
60% significantly lower TDP
45 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
4 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

234th of 1,089
183rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Z1
Ryzen PRO 6000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

-
2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

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DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

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No

Ryzen Z1 Extreme vs Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme beats the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. According to our data, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme and Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H. 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 Z1 Extreme has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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