Ryzen 9 6900HS vs Ryzen 5 5600U

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 5600U
2021
6 cores / 12 threads, 15 Watt
9.70
Ryzen 9 6900HS
2022
8 cores / 16 threads, 35 Watt
14.84
+53%

Ryzen 9 6900HS outperforms Ryzen 5 5600U by an impressive 53% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 5600U and Ryzen 9 6900HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking793478
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)no data
Power efficiency61.2040.13
Architecture codenameCezanne-U (Zen 3) (2021)Rembrandt-H (Zen 3+) (2022)
Release date12 January 2021 (3 years ago)January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 5600U 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1216
Base clock speed2.3 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz4.9 GHz
Multiplier23no data
L1 cache384 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache3 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm6 nm
Die size180 mm2208 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C95 °C
Number of transistors10,700 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 5600U 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
SocketFP6FP7
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 5600U and Ryzen 9 6900HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEMMX, 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++
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 5600U and Ryzen 9 6900HS are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 5600U and Ryzen 9 6900HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 ( - 1800 MHz)AMD Radeon 680M ( - 2400 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 5600U and Ryzen 9 6900HS.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes820

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.

Ryzen 5 5600U 9.70
Ryzen 9 6900HS 14.84
+53%

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.

Ryzen 5 5600U 15409
Ryzen 9 6900HS 23566
+52.9%

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.

Ryzen 5 5600U 1623
Ryzen 9 6900HS 1854
+14.2%

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.

Ryzen 5 5600U 5774
Ryzen 9 6900HS 8801
+52.4%

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.

Ryzen 5 5600U 2866
Ryzen 9 6900HS 6405
+123%

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.

Ryzen 5 5600U 28347
Ryzen 9 6900HS 39960
+41%

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.

Ryzen 5 5600U 11308
Ryzen 9 6900HS 14208
+25.6%

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.

Ryzen 5 5600U 5.38
+2%
Ryzen 9 6900HS 5.49

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.

Ryzen 5 5600U 15
Ryzen 9 6900HS 25
+67.5%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Ryzen 5 5600U 1321
Ryzen 9 6900HS 2161
+63.6%

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.

Ryzen 5 5600U 223
Ryzen 9 6900HS 245
+9.9%

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.

Ryzen 5 5600U 2.63
Ryzen 9 6900HS 2.95
+12.2%

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.

Ryzen 5 5600U 7.7
Ryzen 9 6900HS 11.1
+44.2%

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.

Ryzen 5 5600U 6858
+5.7%
Ryzen 9 6900HS 6488

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.  

Ryzen 5 5600U 78
Ryzen 9 6900HS 124
+57.5%

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.  

Ryzen 5 5600U 235
Ryzen 9 6900HS 266
+13%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 5 5600U 5773
Ryzen 9 6900HS 9224
+59.8%

Blender(-)

Ryzen 5 5600U 413
+81.7%
Ryzen 9 6900HS 227

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 5 5600U 1391
Ryzen 9 6900HS 1537
+10.5%

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 5 5600U 5205
Ryzen 9 6900HS 5805
+11.5%

7-Zip

Ryzen 5 5600U 37816
Ryzen 9 6900HS 62006
+64%

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 5 5600U 256
Ryzen 9 6900HS 281
+10%

CrossMark Overall

Ryzen 5 5600U 1242
Ryzen 9 6900HS 1527
+23%

WebXPRT 4 Overall

Ryzen 5 5600U 200
+1.3%
Ryzen 9 6900HS 197

Blender v3.3 Classroom CPU(-)

Ryzen 5 5600U 798
+109%
Ryzen 9 6900HS 382

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.70 14.84
Integrated graphics card 7.47 15.33
Physical cores 6 8
Threads 12 16
Chip lithography 7 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 35 Watt

Ryzen 5 5600U has 133.3% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 9 6900HS, on the other hand, has a 53% higher aggregate performance score, 105.2% faster integrated GPU, 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 9 6900HS is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 5600U in performance tests.


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