Ryzen 9 6900HX vs Ryzen 7 5800HS
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 9 6900HX outperforms Ryzen 7 5800HS by a significant 23% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 659 | 476 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000) | AMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+) |
| Power efficiency | 33.82 | 32.46 |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Manufacturer | TSMC | TSMC |
| Architecture codename | Cezanne-HS (Zen 3) (2021) | Rembrandt-H (Zen 3+) (2022) |
| Release date | 12 January 2021 (4 years ago) | January 2022 (3 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 7 5800HS and Ryzen 9 6900HX 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 cores | 8 (Octa-Core) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 16 | 16 |
| Base clock speed | 2.8 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.4 GHz | 4.9 GHz |
| Multiplier | 28 | no data |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 4 MB | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 16 MB (shared) | 16 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 6 nm |
| Die size | 156 mm2 | 208 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | 95 °C |
| Number of transistors | 9,800 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 7 5800HS and Ryzen 9 6900HX 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 configuration | 1 | 1 |
| Socket | FP6 | FP7 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 45 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 5800HS and Ryzen 9 6900HX. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, 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 | MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 5800HS and Ryzen 9 6900HX are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 5800HS and Ryzen 9 6900HX. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR5 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 2000 MHz) | AMD Radeon 680M ( - 2400 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 5800HS and Ryzen 9 6900HX.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 20 |
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 12.38 | 15.28 |
| Integrated graphics card | 7.75 | 7.46 |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 45 Watt |
Ryzen 7 5800HS has 3.9% faster integrated GPU, and 28.6% lower power consumption.
Ryzen 9 6900HX, on the other hand, has a 23.4% higher aggregate performance score, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.
The AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS in performance tests.
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