Ryzen 5 6600U vs Ryzen 9 6900HX

Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 9 6900HX
2022
8 cores / 16 threads, 45 Watt
15.55
+49.2%
Ryzen 5 6600U
2022
6 cores / 12 threads, 15 Watt
10.42

Ryzen 9 6900HX outperforms Ryzen 5 6600U by a considerable 49% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 9 6900HX and Ryzen 5 6600U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking448750
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+)AMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+)
Power efficiency32.7065.74
Architecture codenameRembrandt-H (Zen 3+) (2022)Rembrandt-U (Zen 3+) (2022)
Release dateJanuary 2022 (2 years ago)January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 6900HX and Ryzen 5 6600U 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads1612
Base clock speed3.3 GHz2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed4.9 GHz4.5 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography6 nm6 nm
Die size208 mm2208 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °C95 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 6900HX and Ryzen 5 6600U 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
SocketFP7FP7
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 6900HX and Ryzen 5 6600U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHAMMX, 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 2++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 6900HX and Ryzen 5 6600U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 6900HX and Ryzen 5 6600U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon 680M ( - 2400 MHz)AMD Radeon 660M ( - 1900 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 6900HX and Ryzen 5 6600U.

PCIe version4.04.0
PCI Express lanes2020

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 9 6900HX 15.55
+49.2%
Ryzen 5 6600U 10.42

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 6900HX 24705
+49.3%
Ryzen 5 6600U 16545

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 9 6900HX 1999
+20.9%
Ryzen 5 6600U 1654

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 9 6900HX 9662
+48.8%
Ryzen 5 6600U 6492

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 9 6900HX 6546
+4.9%
Ryzen 5 6600U 6242

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 9 6900HX 39524
+23.1%
Ryzen 5 6600U 32097

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 9 6900HX 13274
+34%
Ryzen 5 6600U 9908

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 9 6900HX 3.77
+24.4%
Ryzen 5 6600U 4.69

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 9 6900HX 24
+39.2%
Ryzen 5 6600U 17

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Ryzen 9 6900HX 2231
+49.4%
Ryzen 5 6600U 1493

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 9 6900HX 249
+6.9%
Ryzen 5 6600U 233

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 9 6900HX 2.92
+7%
Ryzen 5 6600U 2.73

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 9 6900HX 11.9
+28%
Ryzen 5 6600U 9.3

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 9 6900HX 6875
Ryzen 5 6600U 6937
+0.9%

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 9 6900HX 114
+60.2%
Ryzen 5 6600U 71

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 9 6900HX 256
+20.5%
Ryzen 5 6600U 212

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 9 6900HX 9647
+28.1%
Ryzen 5 6600U 7529

Blender(-)

Ryzen 9 6900HX 231
Ryzen 5 6600U 415
+79.7%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 9 6900HX 1589
+7.1%
Ryzen 5 6600U 1483

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 9 6900HX 5817
+6%
Ryzen 5 6600U 5486

7-Zip

Ryzen 9 6900HX 61333
+38.4%
Ryzen 5 6600U 44320

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 9 6900HX 286
+4.4%
Ryzen 5 6600U 274

CrossMark Overall

Ryzen 9 6900HX 1610
+6.1%
Ryzen 5 6600U 1517

WebXPRT 4 Overall

Ryzen 9 6900HX 227
+4.6%
Ryzen 5 6600U 217

Blender v3.3 Classroom CPU(-)

Ryzen 9 6900HX 407
Ryzen 5 6600U 489
+20%

Geekbench 6.3 Multi-Core

Ryzen 9 6900HX 10340
+24.4%
Ryzen 5 6600U 8310

Geekbench 6.3 Single-Core

Ryzen 9 6900HX 2148
+8.6%
Ryzen 5 6600U 1977

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 15.55 10.42
Integrated graphics card 15.33 16.31
Physical cores 8 6
Threads 16 12
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 9 6900HX has a 49.2% higher aggregate performance score, and 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads.

Ryzen 5 6600U, on the other hand, has 6.4% faster integrated GPU, and 200% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 9 6900HX is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 6600U in performance tests.


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