Ryzen 9 6900HS vs i7-1185G7

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Aggregate performance score

Core i7-1185G7
2020
4 cores / 8 threads, 28 Watt
6.52
Ryzen 9 6900HS
2022
8 cores / 16 threads, 35 Watt
14.84
+128%

Ryzen 9 6900HS outperforms Core i7-1185G7 by a whopping 128% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i7-1185G7 and Ryzen 9 6900HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1053478
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Tiger Lakeno data
Power efficiency22.0440.13
Architecture codenameTiger Lake-UP3 (2020−2021)Rembrandt-H (Zen 3+) (2022)
Release date2 September 2020 (4 years ago)January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core i7-1185G7 and Ryzen 9 6900HS basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads816
Base clock speed3 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed4.8 GHz4.9 GHz
Bus rate4 GT/sno data
L1 cache96K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache1.25 MB (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache12 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography10 nm SuperFin6 nm
Die sizeno data208 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-1185G7 and Ryzen 9 6900HS compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketFCBGA1449FP7
Power consumption (TDP)28 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-1185G7 and Ryzen 9 6900HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
SIPP+-
Precision Boost 2no data+
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Core i7-1185G7 and Ryzen 9 6900HS technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
SGX-no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-1185G7 and Ryzen 9 6900HS are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-1185G7 and Ryzen 9 6900HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® Iris® Xe GraphicsAMD Radeon 680M ( - 2400 MHz)
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.35 GHzno data
Execution Units96no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i7-1185G7 and Ryzen 9 6900HS integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported4no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i7-1185G7 and Ryzen 9 6900HS integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort7680x4320@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i7-1185G7 and Ryzen 9 6900HS integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-1185G7 and Ryzen 9 6900HS.

PCIe version4.04.0
PCI Express lanes1620

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i7-1185G7 6.52
Ryzen 9 6900HS 14.84
+128%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

i7-1185G7 10353
Ryzen 9 6900HS 23566
+128%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

i7-1185G7 1740
Ryzen 9 6900HS 1854
+6.6%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

i7-1185G7 5319
Ryzen 9 6900HS 8801
+65.5%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

i7-1185G7 8872
+38.5%
Ryzen 9 6900HS 6405

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

i7-1185G7 27025
Ryzen 9 6900HS 39960
+47.9%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

i7-1185G7 9108
Ryzen 9 6900HS 14208
+56%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

i7-1185G7 5.78
Ryzen 9 6900HS 5.49
+5.3%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

i7-1185G7 9
Ryzen 9 6900HS 25
+165%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

i7-1185G7 866
Ryzen 9 6900HS 2161
+150%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

i7-1185G7 217
Ryzen 9 6900HS 245
+12.9%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

i7-1185G7 2.54
Ryzen 9 6900HS 2.95
+16.1%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

i7-1185G7 5.8
Ryzen 9 6900HS 11.1
+91.4%

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

i7-1185G7 6045
Ryzen 9 6900HS 6488
+7.3%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

i7-1185G7 47
Ryzen 9 6900HS 124
+165%

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

i7-1185G7 199
Ryzen 9 6900HS 266
+33.6%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

i7-1185G7 5550
Ryzen 9 6900HS 9224
+66.2%

Blender(-)

i7-1185G7 579
+155%
Ryzen 9 6900HS 227

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

i7-1185G7 1529
Ryzen 9 6900HS 1537
+0.5%

7-Zip Single

i7-1185G7 5153
Ryzen 9 6900HS 5805
+12.7%

7-Zip

i7-1185G7 23471
Ryzen 9 6900HS 62006
+164%

WebXPRT 3

i7-1185G7 253
Ryzen 9 6900HS 281
+11.1%

CrossMark Overall

i7-1185G7 1325
Ryzen 9 6900HS 1527
+15.2%

WebXPRT 4 Overall

i7-1185G7 190
Ryzen 9 6900HS 197
+3.9%

Blender v3.3 Classroom CPU(-)

i7-1185G7 1103
+189%
Ryzen 9 6900HS 382

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 6.52 14.84
Physical cores 4 8
Threads 8 16
Chip lithography 10 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 28 Watt 35 Watt

i7-1185G7 has 25% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 9 6900HS, on the other hand, has a 127.6% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 66.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 9 6900HS is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i7-1185G7 in performance tests.


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