amd ryzen 9 6900hx vs amd ryzen 5 5600u
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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX (Laptop) 8-cores against AMD Ryzen 5 5600U (Laptop) 6-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
- Newer released 1 years later
- Has 2 more physical cores
- 14% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)
- Newer PCI Express version – 4
- More modern manufacturing process – 6 versus 7
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
- Consumes up to 67% less energy than the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX – 15 vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Specifications
General
| AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX | AMD Ryzen 5 5600U | |
| Vendor | AMD | AMD |
| Released | January 4 2022 | January 7 2021 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Rembrandt H | Cezanne U |
| Socket | FP7 | FP6 |
| Integrated GPU | AMD Radeon 680M | AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 |
Performance
| AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX | AMD Ryzen 5 5600U | |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Threads | 16 | 12 |
| Base Frequency | 3.3 GHz | 2.3 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency | 4.9 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 512K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 16 MB (shared) | 16 MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | No |
Power
| AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX | AMD Ryzen 5 5600U | |
| Fabrication process | 6 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 W | 15 W |
| Max. temperature | 95°C | 105°C |
Memory support
| AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX | AMD Ryzen 5 5600U | |
| Memory types | DDR5-4800 | DDR4-3200 |
| Memory Size | GB | GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | ||
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | - | - |
| ECC Support | No | No |
iGPU
| AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX | AMD Ryzen 5 5600U | |
| Integrated Graphics | AMD Radeon 680M | AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 |
| GPU Base Clock | 2000 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Shading Units | 768 | 448 |
| TMUs | 48 | 28 |
| ROPs | 32 | 7 |
| TGP | 15 W | 0 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Misc
| AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX | AMD Ryzen 5 5600U | |
| Official site | AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX official page | AMD Ryzen 5 5600U official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4 | 3 |
| PCI Express Lanes |