AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX vs. Core i7-12800H: Intel still has the edge
One of AMD's fastest mobile CPUs is now available on one of the smallest gaming laptops money can buy. The 2022 Razer Blade 14 will cost you at least $2000 USD with the AMD Zen 3+ Ryzen 9 6900HX to replace the 2021 model with the older Zen 3 Ryzen 9 5900HX. The gen-to-gen advantages, however, are generally minor.
When compared to the Ryzen 9 5900HX in the Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 SE GX551QS, the Ryzen 9 6900HX in the Blade 14 is within 5 percentage points in both single-thread and multi-thread workloads.
Cinebench R15 Multi Loop
Razer Blade 14 Ryzen 9 6900HX AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX: Ø2265 (2136.18-2287.68)
Razer Blade 14 Ryzen 9 RTX 3070 AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX: Ø2052 (2009.65-2060.79)
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 GA402RK AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS: Ø2040 (2010.05-2066.65)
Asus Zephyrus G14 GA401QEC AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS: Ø2116 (2070.39-2126.64)
Razer Blade 17 RTX 3070 Intel Core i7-11800H: Ø1865 (1855.12-1943.35)
Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) Intel Core i7-12800H: Ø2179 (2132.31-2697.42)
MSI Stealth GS66 12UGS Intel Core i7-12700H: Ø2624 (2577.65-2843.74)
Cinebench R20: CPU (Multi Core) | CPU (Single Core)
Cinebench R23: Multi Core | Single Core
Cinebench R15: CPU Multi 64Bit | CPU Single 64Bit
Blender: v2.79 BMW27 CPU
7-Zip 18.03: 7z b 4 | 7z b 4 -mmt1
Geekbench 5.5: Multi-Core | Single-Core
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2: 4k Preset
LibreOffice : 20 Documents To PDF
R Benchmark 2.5: Overall mean
Cinebench R23: Multi Core | Single Core
Cinebench R15: CPU Multi 64Bit | CPU Single 64Bit
Blender: v2.79 BMW27 CPU
7-Zip 18.03: 7z b 4 | 7z b 4 -mmt1
Geekbench 5.5: Multi-Core | Single-Core
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2: 4k Preset
LibreOffice : 20 Documents To PDF
R Benchmark 2.5: Overall mean
Cinebench R20: CPU (Multi Core) | CPU (Single Core)
Cinebench R23: Multi Core | Single Core
Cinebench R15: CPU Multi 64Bit | CPU Single 64Bit
Blender: v2.79 BMW27 CPU
7-Zip 18.03: 7z b 4 | 7z b 4 -mmt1
Geekbench 5.5: Multi-Core | Single-Core
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2: 4k Preset
LibreOffice : 20 Documents To PDF
R Benchmark 2.5: Overall mean
Cinebench R23: Multi Core | Single Core
Cinebench R15: CPU Multi 64Bit | CPU Single 64Bit
Blender: v2.79 BMW27 CPU
7-Zip 18.03: 7z b 4 | 7z b 4 -mmt1
Geekbench 5.5: Multi-Core | Single-Core
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2: 4k Preset
LibreOffice : 20 Documents To PDF
R Benchmark 2.5: Overall mean
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Performance Rating: Percent
AIDA64: FP32 Ray-Trace | FPU Julia | CPU SHA3 | CPU Queen | FPU SinJulia | FPU Mandel | CPU AES | CPU ZLib | FP64 Ray-Trace | CPU PhotoWorxx
AIDA64: FP32 Ray-Trace | FPU Julia | CPU SHA3 | CPU Queen | FPU SinJulia | FPU Mandel | CPU AES | CPU ZLib | FP64 Ray-Trace | CPU PhotoWorxx
Performance Rating | |
Razer Blade 14 Ryzen 9 6900HX | |
Average AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX | |
Asus Zenbook Pro 15 OLED UM535Q | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 GA402RK | |
Razer Blade 14 Ryzen 9 RTX 3070 | |
MSI Stealth GS66 12UGS | |
Razer Blade 17 RTX 3080 Ti |
AIDA64 / FP32 Ray-Trace | |
Razer Blade 14 Ryzen 9 6900HX | |
Asus Zenbook Pro 15 OLED UM535Q | |
Average AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX (10950 - 17963, n=20) | |
Razer Blade 14 Ryzen 9 RTX 3070 | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 GA402RK | |
MSI Stealth GS66 12UGS | |
Razer Blade 17 RTX 3080 Ti |
AIDA64 / FPU Julia | |
Razer Blade 14 Ryzen 9 6900HX | |
Average AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX (71414 - 110797, n=20) | |
Asus Zenbook Pro 15 OLED UM535Q | |
Razer Blade 14 Ryzen 9 RTX 3070 | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 GA402RK | |
MSI Stealth GS66 12UGS | |
Razer Blade 17 RTX 3080 Ti |
AIDA64 / CPU Queen | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 GA402RK | |
Razer Blade 14 Ryzen 9 6900HX | |
Razer Blade 17 RTX 3080 Ti | |
Asus Zenbook Pro 15 OLED UM535Q | |
Average AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX (84185 - 107544, n=20) | |
MSI Stealth GS66 12UGS | |
Razer Blade 14 Ryzen 9 RTX 3070 |
AIDA64 / FPU SinJulia | |
Razer Blade 14 Ryzen 9 6900HX | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 GA402RK | |
Average AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX (10970 - 13205, n=20) | |
Asus Zenbook Pro 15 OLED UM535Q | |
Razer Blade 14 Ryzen 9 RTX 3070 | |
MSI Stealth GS66 12UGS | |
Razer Blade 17 RTX 3080 Ti |
AIDA64 / FPU Mandel | |
Razer Blade 14 Ryzen 9 6900HX | |
Average AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX (39164 - 61370, n=20) | |
Razer Blade 14 Ryzen 9 RTX 3070 | |
Asus Zenbook Pro 15 OLED UM535Q | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 GA402RK | |
MSI Stealth GS66 12UGS | |
Razer Blade 17 RTX 3080 Ti |
AIDA64 / CPU ZLib | |
MSI Stealth GS66 12UGS | |
Razer Blade 17 RTX 3080 Ti | |
Razer Blade 14 Ryzen 9 6900HX | |
Asus Zenbook Pro 15 OLED UM535Q | |
Average AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX (578 - 911, n=20) | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 GA402RK | |
Razer Blade 14 Ryzen 9 RTX 3070 |
AIDA64 / FP64 Ray-Trace | |
Razer Blade 14 Ryzen 9 6900HX | |
Razer Blade 14 Ryzen 9 RTX 3070 | |
Average AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX (5798 - 9540, n=20) | |
Asus Zenbook Pro 15 OLED UM535Q | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 GA402RK | |
MSI Stealth GS66 12UGS | |
Razer Blade 17 RTX 3080 Ti |
AIDA64 / CPU PhotoWorxx | |
Razer Blade 17 RTX 3080 Ti | |
MSI Stealth GS66 12UGS | |
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 GA402RK | |
Average AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX (26873 - 30604, n=20) | |
Razer Blade 14 Ryzen 9 6900HX | |
Asus Zenbook Pro 15 OLED UM535Q | |
Razer Blade 14 Ryzen 9 RTX 3070 |
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