Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 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

6682 points
7025 points
5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6240 points
8549 points
37% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6819 points
4% slightly better multitasking score
6518 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6860 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score
6374 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

200.70 points
8% slightly higher Blender score
184.59 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7768 points
9429 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1069 points
1960 points
83% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8934 points
9459 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1072 points
1979 points
84% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
75% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

28
75% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
3.30 GHz
26% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz
4.9 GHz
40% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

135 W
45 W
200% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
Identical
4

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

211th of 1,089
192nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v4 Family
Ryzen 9 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Xeon E5-2690 v4 vs Ryzen 9 6900HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2690 v4 is faster than the Ryzen 9 6900HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 6900HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2690 v4 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 9 6900HX. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2690 v4 has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 9 6900HX. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 6900HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 6900HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2690 v4. Also, the Ryzen 9 6900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 6900HX outputs less heat than Xeon E5-2690 v4 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 Xeon E5-2690 v4 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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