AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  AMD Ryzen AMD Ryzen
• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 6000H AMD Ryzen 6000H
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  5 5
• Predecessor
  -- AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  8 / 16 8 / 16
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Cores
  8x Zen 3+ 8x Zen 3+
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Frequency
  3.30 GHz 3.20 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.90 GHz 4.70 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  4.20 GHz 3.60 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.

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon RX 680M AMD Radeon RX 680M
• GPU frequency
  2.00 GHz 2.00 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  2.40 GHz 2.40 GHz
• Execution units
  12 12
• Shader
  768 768
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 8 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  9 9
• Direct X
  12 12
• Technology
  6 nm 6 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q1/2022

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode Decode
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS and AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

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

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS and AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  35 W 35 W
• TDP up
  -- 54 W
• Tjunction max.
  95 °C 105 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS and AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

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