AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H 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 AMD Ryzen
• Generation
  5 5
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

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 2.7 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Core Configuration
  8x Zen 3+ 8x Zen 3+
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• CPU Threads
  16 16
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.9 GHz 4.73 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  4.2 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
  2000 MHz 2000 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon RX 680M AMD Radeon RX 680M
• GPU Turbo
  2400 MHz 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

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 PRO 6950H. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 64 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  76.8 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
• Memory channels
  4 4
• Memory type
  DDR5-4800LPDDR5-6400 DDR5-4800LPDDR5-6400
• PCIe
  4.0 x 12 4.0 x 12

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H 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
  95 °C 105 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  45 W 15 W
• TDP up
  54 W 28 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H and AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Rembrandt (Zen 3+) Rembrandt (Zen 3+)
• Documents
  Technical data sheet -
• 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
  4.00 MB 4.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  16.00 MB 16.00 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2022 Q2/2022
• Socket
  FP7 FP7
• Technology
  6 nm 6 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V, SVM