Ryzen 9 5900H: specs and benchmarks

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Ryzen 9 5900H
2021
8 cores / 16 threads, 45 Watt
12.94

Ryzen 9 5900H provides good benchmark performance at 12.94% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

AMD started Ryzen 9 5900H sales 7 January 2021. This is a Cezanne U (Zen 3) architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 8 cores and 16 threads, and is based on 7 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 4600 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FP6 processor with a TDP of 45 Watt.

Primary details

Ryzen 9 5900H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking591
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentLaptop
SeriesAMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency27.21of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme)
Architecture codenameCezanne U (Zen 3) (2021−2022)
Release date7 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores8 (Octa-Core)
Threads16
Base clock speed3.3 GHzof 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed4.6 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache512 KBof 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache4 MBof 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache16 MBof 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography7 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 5900H compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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.

SocketFP6
Power consumption (TDP)45 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 5900H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Ryzen 9 5900H.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Ryzen 9 5900H. Overall benchmark performance 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 9 5900H 12.94

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 9 5900H 20557

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Ryzen 9 5900H's performance relative to its closest rivals among notebook CPUs.


Ryzen 7 6800U 100.15
Ryzen 9 5900H 100

Intel equivalent

According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to Ryzen 9 5900H is Core i9-11900H, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 2 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest Intel rivals to Ryzen 9 5900H:

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