Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3 vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

Compare Intel 18 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

6495 points

7025 points

8% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5724 points

8549 points

49% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6803 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

6518 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6991 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

6374 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6829 points

6835 points

0.09% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

231.70 points

25% slightly higher Blender score

184.59 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7392 points

9429 points

27% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1060 points

1960 points

84% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8186 points

9459 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1134 points

1979 points

74% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

125% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

125% significantly more threads

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

145 W

45 W

222% significantly lower TDP

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

221st of 1,089

192nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Mobile

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Xeon E5-2696 v3 vs Ryzen 9 6900HX specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 6900HX performs better than the Xeon E5-2696 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2696 v3 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2696 v3 has significantly more cores with 18 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 6900HX has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 6900HX. The Ryzen 9 6900HX outputs less heat than Xeon E5-2696 v3 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 E5-2696 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.