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AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900X. Specifications, performance, tests

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2021-01-12
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
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2020-11-05
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX or AMD Ryzen 9 5900X? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX has a base frequency of 3.3 GHz. 8 / 16 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 45+ W. Released in 2021-01-12.

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X has a base frequency of 3.7 GHz. 12 / 24 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 105 W. Released in 2020-11-05.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    106 left arrow place

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    104 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    86 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    66 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    77 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    146 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    202 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    100 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    36 place
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Reasons to consider
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    35 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 12% better clock speed

    3.7 GHz left arrow 3.3 GHz
  • More number of cores

    4 more cores

    12 left arrow 8
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 4 % higher specified turbo frequency

    4.8 GHz left arrow 4.6 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 9 5900X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    55 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    41 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    40 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    32 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    12 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    28 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    101 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    46 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    21 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    22 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 5000H left arrow AMD Ryzen 5000
  • Family
    Ryzen left arrow Ryzen
  • Form Factor
    Laptops / Desktops left arrow Desktops / Boxed Processor
  • Generation
    4 left arrow 4
  • Predecessor
    - left arrow AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Desktop
  • Series
    Ryzen 5000 Series left arrow Ryzen 5000 Series
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    3.3 GHz left arrow 3.7 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    8 left arrow 12
  • CPU Threads
    16 left arrow 24
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Boost Clock
    4.6 GHz left arrow 4.8 GHz
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    4.6 GHz left arrow 4.8 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
    4.2 GHz left arrow -
  • Turbo Frequency (12 Cores)
    - left arrow 4.5 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • DirectX Version
    12 left arrow -
  • Execution units
    8 left arrow -
  • Generation
    9 left arrow -
  • GPU Frequency
    2100 MHz left arrow -
  • GPU name
    AMD Radeon Graphics left arrow None
  • GPU Turbo
    No turbo left arrow -
  • Graphics Cores
    8 left arrow -
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow -
  • Max. GPU Memory
    2 GB left arrow -
  • Release date
    Q1/2020 left arrow -
  • Shader
    512 left arrow -
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow -
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow No
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 9 5900X and AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    No left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    64 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4 - Up to 3200 / LPDDR4 - Up to 4266 left arrow DDR4
  • PCIe
    PCIe 3.0 left arrow PCIe 4.0
  • PCIe lanes
    12 left arrow 20
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 4.0
  • System Memory Specification
    - left arrow 3200
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX and AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Configurable TDP
    35-54 W left arrow -
  • Default TDP
    45+ W left arrow 105 W
  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    105 °C left arrow 90 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    45 W left arrow 105 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    - left arrow 142 W
  • TDP down
    35 W left arrow -
  • TDP up
    54 W left arrow -
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX and AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Cezanne (Zen 3) left arrow Vermeer (Zen 3)
  • Codename
    Cezanne left arrow Vermeer
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L2-Cache
    4 MB left arrow 6 MB
  • L3-Cache
    16 MB left arrow 64 MB
  • Manufacturer product ID (tray)
    100-000000300 left arrow -
  • Operating systems
    Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit left arrow -
  • Release date
    2021-01-12 left arrow 2020-11-05
  • Socket
    FP6 left arrow AM4
  • Technology
    TSMC 7nm FinFET left arrow TSMC 7nm FinFET
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow AMD-V, SVM

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Shared tests with results for both models: 2

Blender Cycles

Each row uses one Blender version, operating system and compute backend.

Test and settingsAMD Ryzen 9 5900HX AMD Ryzen 9 5900XResult difference¹
Blender 5.1.1 / CPU / Linux 181.649688 samples/min Submissions: 7 344.580985 samples/min Submissions: 13 +89.7 %
Blender 5.1.1 / CPU / Windows 161.780589 samples/min Submissions: 32 319.468655 samples/min Submissions: 50 +97.5 %

¹ Difference of the second result relative to the first in that row. No percentage is calculated for different upscaling algorithms. This compares published results, not a universal performance index.

Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

More results: 9

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

Cinebench 2024 / multiple threads

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 1185 points System: Ryzen 9 5900X, 64 GB
CPU / power label: Ryzen 9 5900X, 64 GB
Source minimum runtime: 0 minutes.
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

RandomX / XMRig 6.24.0 / 1M / 8 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX 3085.600736 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.24.0 / 1M / 8 threads / windows
System RAM: 16 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Duration: 324.086 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

Cinebench R23 / multiple threads

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 22046 points System: CB: Ryzen 9 5900X @ Stock
CPU / power label: CB: Ryzen 9 5900X @ Stock
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R23 / single thread

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 1638 points System: CB: Ryzen 9 5900X @ Stock
CPU / power label: CB: Ryzen 9 5900X @ Stock
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R20 / multiple threads

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 8545 points System: CB: Ryzen 9 5900X @Stock
CPU / power label: CB: Ryzen 9 5900X @Stock
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R20 / single thread

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 636 points System: CB: Ryzen 9 5900X @Stock
CPU / power label: CB: Ryzen 9 5900X @Stock
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX and AMD Ryzen 9 5900X.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 SC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

1478.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
1622.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 MC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

13875.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
21878.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 SC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

578.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
637.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R20 MC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

5474.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
8468.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

1488.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
1646.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

7854.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
14650.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

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