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AMD Ryzen 5 6600H vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

AMD Ryzen 5 6600H

► remove from comparison AMD R5 6600H

The AMD Ryzen 5 6600H is a processor for big (gaming) laptops based of the Rembrandt generation. The R5 6600H integrates six of the eight cores based on the Zen 3+ microarchitecture. They are clocked at 3.3 (guaranteed base clock) to 4.5 GHz (Turbo) and support SMT / Hyperthreading (12 threads). The chip is manufactured on the modern 6 nm TSMC process. 

The new Zen 3+ is a refresh of the Zen 3 architecture and should not offer a lot of changes. The chip itself however, offers a lot of new features, like support for USB 4 (40 Gbps), PCI-E Gen 4, DDR5-4800MT/s or LPDDR5-6400MT/s, WiFi 6E, Bluetooth LE 5.2, DisplayPort 2, and AV1 decode.

In the 6000 series, AMD finally switched to the current RDNA 2 graphics architecture for the iGPU. The 6600H only offers the slower Radeon 660M with 6 of the 12 CUs enabled and 1.9 GHz max. clock speed.

Performance

The average 6600H in our database is in the same league as the R7 5825U, the R7 6800U and also the Core i5-1340P, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. This is a very decent result, as of late 2022.

Your mileage may vary depending on how high the CPU power limits are, and how competent the cooling solution of your system is.

Power consumption

This Ryzen 5 series APU has a default TDP, also known as the long-term power limit, of 45 W. A high-performance cooling solution is a must for a system built around such a chip.

The R5 6600H is built with TSMC's 6 nm process for great, as of early 2023, energy efficiency.

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U

► remove from comparison AMD R7 PRO 6850U

The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U is a processor for thin and light laptops based of the Rembrandt generation. The R7 6850U integrates all eight cores based on the Zen 3+ microarchitecture. They are clocked at 2.7 (guaranteed base clock) to 4.7 GHz (Turbo) and support SMT / Hyperthreading (16 threads). The chip is manufactured on the modern 6 nm TSMC process. The Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U is the professional version of the consumer R7 6800U with additional management features and the Microsoft Pluton Security processor. Compared to the similar R7 6850H, the 6850U offers a lower base clock speed and a lower TDP.

The new Zen 3+ is a refresh of the Zen 3 architecture and should not offer a lot of changes. The chip itself however, offers a lot of new features, like support for USB 4 (40 Gbps), PCI-E Gen 4, DDR5-4800MT/s or LPDDR5-6400MT/s, WiFi 6E, Bluetooth LE 5.2, DisplayPort 2, and AV1 decode.

A big novelty is the integrated GPU Radeon 680M, that is now based on the RDNA2 architecture and offers 12 CUs at up to 2.2 GHz.

Performance

The average 6850U in our database is in the same league as the Core i5-1340P, the Core i7-1360P and also the Ryzen 7 5825U, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. This is a really fast chip, as far as 2023 consumer laptops go.

Your mileage may vary depending on how high the CPU power limits are and how competent the cooling solution of your system is.

Power consumption

This Ryzen 7 has a default TDP of 15 W to 28 W, the expectation being that laptop manufacturers will go for a higher value in exchange for higher performance. Either way, this is a little too high to allow for passively cooled designs.

The APU is built with TSMC's 6 nm process for great, as of early 2023, energy efficiency.

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

► remove from comparison AMD R9 6900HX

The AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX is a processor for big (gaming) laptops based on the Rembrandt generation. The R9 6900HX integrates all eight cores based on the Zen 3+ microarchitecture. They are clocked at 3.3 (guaranteed base clock) to 4.9 GHz (Turbo) and support SMT / Hyperthreading (16 threads). The chip is manufactured on the modern 6 nm TSMC process. The "X" in the name indicates the overclocking capabilities of the CPU.

The new Zen 3+ is a refresh of the Zen 3 architecture and should not offer a lot of changes. The chip itself however, offers a lot of new features, like support for USB 4 (40 Gbps), PCI-E Gen 4, DDR5-4800MT/s or LPDDR5-6400MT/s, WiFi 6E, Bluetooth LE 5.2, DisplayPort 2, and AV1 decode.

A big novelty is the integrated GPU Radeon 680M, that is now based on the RDNA2 architecture and offers 12 CUs at up to 2.4 GHz. It should be the fastest iGPU of all at the time of announcement.

Performance

The average 6900HX in our database edges out the Core i7-12800H just slightly while, a little disappointingly, not quite managing to leave the 6900HS behind in the dust. Don't get us wrong; this is still a brilliant CPU for your demanding apps and games, as of late 2022. It does lag behind some of the 12th generation Intel Core i9 options, though.

Thanks to its decent cooling solution and a long-term CPU power limit of nearly 90 W, the XMG Neo 15 2022 is among the fastest laptops built around the 6900HX that we know of. It can be at least 20% faster in CPU-bound workloads than the slowest system featuring the same chip in our database, as of August 2023.

Power consumption

This Ryzen 9 series chip has a default TDP, also known as the long-term power limit, of 45 W with the letter "X" indicating that the user is officially allowed to overclock the thing - leading to an increase in power consumption levels. Either way, a high-performance cooling solution is a must for a CPU like this.

The R9 6900HX is built with TSMC's 6 nm process making for very good, as of early 2023, energy efficiency.

ModelAMD Ryzen 5 6600HAMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850UAMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
SeriesAMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+)AMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+)AMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+)
CodenameRembrandt-H (Zen 3+)Rembrandt-U PRO (Zen 3+)Rembrandt-H (Zen 3+)
Series: Rembrandt (Zen 3+) Rembrandt-H (Zen 3+)
AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX3.3 - 5 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H3.3 - 4.9 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX3.3 - 4.9 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS3.3 - 4.9 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 6800H3.2 - 4.7 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H3.2 - 4.7 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H « 3.3 - 4.5 GHz6 / 12 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U « 2.7 - 4.7 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U2.9 - 4.5 GHz6 / 12 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX3.3 - 5 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H3.3 - 4.9 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX « 3.3 - 4.9 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS3.3 - 4.9 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 6800H3.2 - 4.7 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H3.2 - 4.7 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H3.3 - 4.5 GHz6 / 12 cores16 MB L3
Clock3300 - 4500 MHz2700 - 4700 MHz3300 - 4900 MHz
L1 Cache384 KB512 KB512 KB
L2 Cache3 MB4 MB4 MB
L3 Cache16 MB16 MB16 MB
Cores / Threads6 / 128 / 168 / 16
TDP45 Watt28 Watt45 Watt
Technology6 nm6 nm6 nm
max. Temp.95 °C95 °C95 °C
SocketFP7/FP7r2FP7/FP7r2FP7/FP7r2
FeaturesDDR5-4800/LPDDR5-6400 RAM (incl. ECC), PCIe 4, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEDDR5-4800/LPDDR5-6400 RAM (incl. ECC), PCIe 4, PRO, MMX, SSE4A, BMI2, AES-NI, SSE4.1, ABM, RDRAND, SSE4.2, RDSEED, SSE, AVX, FMA, SMEP, SHA, SSE2, AVX2, ADX, SMAP, SMT, SSE3, CPB, SME, SSSE3DDR5-4800/LPDDR5-6400 RAM (incl. ECC), PCIe 4, MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
iGPUAMD Radeon 660M ( - 1900 MHz)AMD Radeon 680M ( - 2200 MHz)AMD Radeon 680M ( - 2400 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
Announced
Manufacturerwww.amd.comwww.amd.comwww.amd.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R5 6600H
38.2 pt (53%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R7 PRO 6850U
38.6 pt (54%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R9 6900HX
41.5 pt (58%)
Cinebench 2024 - CB24 CPU Single Core
min: 91     avg: 91.5     median: 91.5 (64%)     max: 92 Points
Cinebench 2024 - CB24 CPU Multi Core
min: 666     avg: 695     median: 695 (13%)     max: 724 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 10226     avg: 10472     median: 10471.5 (10%)     max: 10717 Points
min: 9923     avg: 10327     median: 10039.5 (9%)     max: 11026 Points
min: 9709     avg: 13307     median: 13497 (13%)     max: 15100 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
1458 Points (62%)
min: 1409     avg: 1488     median: 1497 (64%)     max: 1520 Points
min: 1516     avg: 1565     median: 1558 (66%)     max: 1616 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 564     avg: 570     median: 569.5 (63%)     max: 575 Points
min: 587     avg: 591     median: 590 (66%)     max: 596 Points
min: 595     avg: 610     median: 610 (68%)     max: 631 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 3965     avg: 4053     median: 4053 (10%)     max: 4141 Points
min: 3784     avg: 4099     median: 4044.5 (10%)     max: 4457 Points
min: 3742     avg: 5162     median: 5306 (13%)     max: 5813 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1626     avg: 1683     median: 1683 (11%)     max: 1740 Points
min: 1652     avg: 1757     median: 1726 (11%)     max: 1901 Points
min: 1588     avg: 2163     median: 2231 (14%)     max: 2411 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 231     avg: 233.5     median: 233.5 (70%)     max: 236 Points
min: 228     avg: 236.2     median: 237.5 (72%)     max: 241 Points
min: 241     avg: 250.1     median: 249 (75%)     max: 261 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
20.3 Points (26%)
min: 19.01     avg: 23.9     median: 23.9 (31%)     max: 26.44 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
2.8 Points (71%)
min: 2.86     avg: 2.9     median: 2.9 (73%)     max: 3.07 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
6260 Points (38%)
min: 6405     avg: 7252     median: 6545.5 (40%)     max: 12330 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
33284 Points (24%)
min: 32313     avg: 42271     median: 39524 (29%)     max: 67558 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 55915     avg: 69650     median: 70044 (49%)     max: 77450 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
min: 11870     avg: 12332     median: 12239.5 (15%)     max: 12943 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
257.2 s (3%)
min: 93.19     avg: 114.7     median: 104.8 (1%)     max: 149.369 s
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
8 s (2%)
min: 3.461     avg: 4     median: 3.8 (1%)     max: 4.688 s
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
min: 6795     avg: 6875     median: 6875 (11%)     max: 6980 Points
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 39886     avg: 43861     median: 43861 (25%)     max: 47836 MIPS
min: 44011     avg: 48015     median: 48175.5 (28%)     max: 50871 MIPS
min: 49526     avg: 60091     median: 61333 (35%)     max: 65336 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 5466     avg: 5510     median: 5509.5 (66%)     max: 5553 MIPS
min: 5057     avg: 5347     median: 5339.5 (64%)     max: 5542 MIPS
min: 5090     avg: 5799     median: 5817 (70%)     max: 6070 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 93.25     avg: 115.2     median: 114.5 (40%)     max: 127.8 fps
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 240.5     avg: 253.9     median: 255.5 (59%)     max: 262.5 fps
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 11.5     avg: 12.9     median: 12.9 (23%)     max: 14.2 fps
min: 11.7     avg: 12.8     median: 13 (23%)     max: 13.5 fps
min: 12.6     avg: 16.7     median: 17 (30%)     max: 18.7 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
1 GB/s (0%)
min: 0.857     avg: 1.1     median: 1.1 (0%)     max: 1.2 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
1.4 GB/s (24%)
min: 1.3     avg: 1.6     median: 1.7 (29%)     max: 1.8 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
6.5 GB/s (17%)
min: 9.3     avg: 11.8     median: 11.9 (31%)     max: 13.5 GB/s
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
min: 508     avg: 520     median: 520 (7%)     max: 532 Seconds
min: 483     avg: 512     median: 519.5 (7%)     max: 528 Seconds
min: 360     avg: 416.7     median: 407 (5%)     max: 558 Seconds
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 291     avg: 298.5     median: 298.5 (2%)     max: 306 Seconds
min: 282     avg: 298.3     median: 300 (2%)     max: 307 Seconds
min: 212     avg: 238.7     median: 231 (2%)     max: 357 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.502     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (11%)     max: 0.532 sec
min: 0.507     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (11%)     max: 0.544 sec
min: 0.4627     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (10%)     max: 0.4974 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
11429 Points (24%)
min: 12154     avg: 13269     median: 13274 (28%)     max: 14115 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
7.7 s (2%)
min: 7.328     avg: 7.9     median: 7.9 (2%)     max: 8.567 s
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
18.7 s (1%)
min: 16.373     avg: 18.8     median: 19.1 (1%)     max: 20.719 s
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
682 s (3%)
min: 385.531     avg: 616     median: 661.9 (3%)     max: 692.859 s
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 38061     avg: 64608     median: 67158 (59%)     max: 72267 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
12022 Points (32%)
min: 11880     avg: 13530     median: 14139 (38%)     max: 14785 Points
min: 15855     avg: 18161     median: 17908 (48%)     max: 21036 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 71056     avg: 77629     median: 77862 (63%)     max: 83820 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 68580     avg: 77428     median: 77897 (63%)     max: 84038 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 76107     avg: 80997     median: 80616 (68%)     max: 84711 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
12692 Points (32%)
min: 13998     avg: 14567     median: 14450 (37%)     max: 15411 Points
min: 13091     avg: 17827     median: 18435 (47%)     max: 19474 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 20214     avg: 20733     median: 20733 (37%)     max: 21252 Points
min: 19057     avg: 20023     median: 20251 (36%)     max: 20697 Points
min: 18389     avg: 24551     median: 25524 (46%)     max: 27338 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 6569     avg: 6796     median: 6796 (29%)     max: 7023 Points
min: 6868     avg: 7214     median: 7059 (30%)     max: 7618 Points
min: 6621     avg: 9584     median: 9706 (41%)     max: 11039 Points
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core
2148 Points (65%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core
10340 Points (41%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1446     avg: 1460     median: 1460 (62%)     max: 1474 Points
min: 1433     avg: 1489     median: 1496.5 (63%)     max: 1533 Points
min: 1523     avg: 1589     median: 1589 (67%)     max: 1652 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 6403     avg: 7066     median: 7066 (13%)     max: 7729 Points
min: 7044     avg: 7789     median: 7924 (14%)     max: 8050 Points
min: 8313     avg: 9642     median: 9647 (17%)     max: 10490 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
1417 Points (6%)
1502 Points (7%)
min: 1531     avg: 1561     median: 1557 (7%)     max: 1603 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
6219 Points (20%)
7891 Points (25%)
min: 9220     avg: 9880     median: 10144 (32%)     max: 10426 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 6191     avg: 6642     median: 6698 (67%)     max: 6804 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 36780     avg: 39028     median: 39852 (44%)     max: 39852 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 637     avg: 654     median: 653.5 (1%)     max: 670 ms
min: 606     avg: 623     median: 613.5 (1%)     max: 672 ms
min: 564     avg: 588     median: 586.5 (1%)     max: 607 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 71595     avg: 71850     median: 71849.5 (65%)     max: 72104 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
209 Points (60%)
min: 157.9     avg: 192.9     median: 191.9 (55%)     max: 214 Points
min: 200     avg: 222.4     median: 227 (65%)     max: 233 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 233     avg: 246.5     median: 246.5 (51%)     max: 260 Points
min: 227     avg: 242.7     median: 243 (51%)     max: 260 Points
min: 248     avg: 280.3     median: 286 (60%)     max: 304 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
1399 Points (54%)
min: 1154     avg: 1342     median: 1369.5 (52%)     max: 1430 Points
min: 1476     avg: 1621     median: 1610 (62%)     max: 1743 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
78.8 Watt (14%)
min: 34.5     avg: 40.6     median: 40.5 (7%)     max: 52 Watt
min: 48.7     avg: 96.5     median: 95.8 (17%)     max: 135.7 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
90.4 Watt (16%)
min: 38.7     avg: 40.9     median: 40.3 (7%)     max: 44.3 Watt
min: 44.6     avg: 92.1     median: 90.6 (17%)     max: 134 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 3.26     avg: 5.2     median: 4.7 (3%)     max: 7.6 Watt
min: 8.35     avg: 11.9     median: 10.9 (7%)     max: 19.4 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 3.65     avg: 4.3     median: 3.9 (4%)     max: 5.38 Watt
min: 10.1     avg: 13.5     median: 13.5 (15%)     max: 17 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
18 Points per Watt (13%)
min: 39.9     avg: 41.1     median: 40.3 (30%)     max: 43 Points per Watt
min: 17.8     avg: 23.6     median: 22 (16%)     max: 34.6 Points per Watt

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 6600H → 100% n=24

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U → 103% n=24

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX → 121% n=24

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