AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 6000H AMD Ryzen 6000U
• Family
  AMD Ryzen Ryzen PRO
• Generation
  5 5
• Predecessor
  AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS -
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Form Factor
  - Laptops / Desktops
• Series
  - Ryzen PRO 6000 Series

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

• Base Frequency
  3 GHz 2.7 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• CPU Threads
  16 16
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.6 GHz 4.73 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  3.8 GHz -
• Core Configuration
  - 8x Zen 3+
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 4.75 GHz

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 12
• Execution units
  12 12
• Generation
  9 9
• GPU Frequency
  2400 MHz 2200 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon RX 680M AMD Radeon 680M
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 2200 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 8 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q1/2022
• Shader
  768 768
• Technology
  6 nm 6 nm
• Graphics Cores
  - 12

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

• AV1
  Decode Decode
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z and AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR5-4800LPDDR5-6400 DDR5
• PCIe
  4.0 x 12 PCIe 4.0
• Memory Bandwidth
  - 76.8 GB/s

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS and AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  105 °C 95 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  35 W 15 W
• TDP up
  54 W 28 W
• Configurable TDP
  - 15-28 W
• Default TDP
  - 28 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS and AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Rembrandt (Zen 3+) Rembrandt (Zen 3+)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  4 MB 4 MB
• L3-Cache
  16 MB 16 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q2/2022
• Socket
  FP7 FP7
• Technology
  6 nm TSMC 6nm FinFET
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V, SVM
• Codename
  - Rembrandt
• L1-Cache
  - 0.5 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  - 100-000000781
• Operating systems
  - Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit