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AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
2020-11-05
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
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AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 5 5600X or AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X has a base frequency of 3.7 GHz. 6 / 12 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 65 W. Released in 2020-11-05.

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS has a base frequency of 3.00 GHz. 8 / 16 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 35 W. Released in Q1/2022.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    109 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 23% better clock speed

    3.7 GHz left arrow 3.00 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 5600X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    64 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    126 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    48 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    118 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    16 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    141 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    123 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    182 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    39 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    115 place
  • More number of cores

    2 more cores

    8 left arrow 6
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    35 W left arrow 65 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    19 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 5000 left arrow AMD Ryzen 6000H
  • Family
    Ryzen left arrow AMD Ryzen
  • Form Factor
    Desktops / Boxed Processor left arrow -
  • Generation
    4 left arrow 5
  • Predecessor
    AMD Ryzen 5 3600X left arrow AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
  • Segment
    Desktop left arrow Mobile
  • Series
    Ryzen 5000 Series left arrow -
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
    3.7 GHz left arrow 3 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    6 left arrow 8
  • CPU Threads
    12 left arrow 16
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Boost Clock
    4.6 GHz left arrow -
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    4.6 GHz left arrow 4.6 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
    4.2 GHz left arrow -
  • Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
    - left arrow 3.8 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.

  • GPU name
    None left arrow AMD Radeon RX 680M
  • DirectX Version
    - left arrow 12
  • Execution units
    - left arrow 12
  • Generation
    - left arrow 9
  • GPU Frequency
    - left arrow 2400 MHz
  • GPU Turbo
    - left arrow No turbo
  • Max. displays
    - left arrow 3
  • Max. GPU Memory
    - left arrow 8 GB
  • Release date
    - left arrow Q1/2022
  • Shader
    - left arrow 768
  • Technology
    - left arrow 6 nm
Hardware codec support

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS and AMD Ryzen 5 5600X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
  • Max. Memory
    128 GB left arrow 64 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4 left arrow DDR5-4800LPDDR5-6400
  • PCIe
    PCIe 4.0 left arrow 4.0 x 12
  • PCIe lanes
    20 left arrow -
  • PCIe version
    4.0 left arrow -
  • System Memory Specification
    3200 left arrow -
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Default TDP
    65 W left arrow -
  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    95 °C left arrow 105 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    65 W left arrow 35 W
  • TDP up
    - left arrow 54 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Vermeer (Zen 3) left arrow Rembrandt (Zen 3+)
  • Codename
    Vermeer left arrow -
  • 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
    3 MB left arrow 4 MB
  • L3-Cache
    32 MB left arrow 16 MB
  • Part Number
    100-000000065 left arrow -
  • Release date
    2020-11-05 left arrow Q1/2022
  • Socket
    AM4 left arrow FP7
  • Technology
    TSMC 7nm FinFET left arrow 6 nm
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow AMD-V, SVM

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs
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 5 5600X

More results: 8

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS

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.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 12 threads / linux

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6969.126768 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 12 threads / linux
System RAM: 64 GB
OS: Linux x86_64
Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. / X570 AORUS ELITE
Duration: 143.49 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

RandomX / XMRig 6.22.2 / 1M / 8 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS 4879.715025 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.22.2 / 1M / 8 threads / windows
System RAM: 16 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. / GA402RK
Duration: 204.93 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

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