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AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

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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.

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H

► remove from comparison AMD R7 PRO 6850H

The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H is a processor for big (workstation) laptops based of the Rembrandt generation. The R7 6800H integrates all eight cores based on the Zen 3+ microarchitecture. They are clocked at 3.2 (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. This is a professional version of the consumer R7 6800H with additional managment features and the Microsoft Pluton Security processor.

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. It should be the fastest iGPU of all at the time of announcement.

Performance

The average 6850H in our database matches the Intel Core i7-11800H, AMD Ryzen 7 4800H, AMD Ryzen 9 4900H in multi-thread benchmark scores. Which puts it slightly behind the powerful 12th Gen Alder Lake-H processors; still, this is a more than decent option for your 3D-rendering jobs and gaming on the go as energy efficiency is good here. More on that below.

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 (also known as the long-term power limit) of 45 W. A high-performance cooling solution is a must for a CPU like this.

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H is built with TSMC's 6 nm process for great, as of late 2022, energy efficiency.

ModelAMD Ryzen 9 6900HXAMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H
SeriesAMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+)AMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+)
CodenameRembrandt-H (Zen 3+)Rembrandt-H (Zen 3+)
Series: Rembrandt (Zen 3+) Rembrandt-H (Zen 3+)
AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX compare3.3 - 5 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H compare3.3 - 4.9 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX « 3.3 - 4.9 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS compare3.3 - 4.9 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 6800H compare3.2 - 4.7 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H3.2 - 4.7 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H compare3.3 - 4.5 GHz6 / 12 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX compare3.3 - 5 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H compare3.3 - 4.9 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX3.3 - 4.9 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS compare3.3 - 4.9 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 6800H compare3.2 - 4.7 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H « 3.2 - 4.7 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H compare3.3 - 4.5 GHz6 / 12 cores16 MB L3
Clock3300 - 4900 MHz3200 - 4700 MHz
L1 Cache512 KB512 KB
L2 Cache4 MB4 MB
L3 Cache16 MB16 MB
Cores / Threads8 / 168 / 16
TDP45 Watt45 Watt
Technology6 nm6 nm
max. Temp.95 °C95 °C
SocketFP7/FP7r2FP7/FP7r2
FeaturesDDR5-4800/LPDDR5-6400 RAM (incl. ECC), PCIe 4, MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHADDR5-4800/LPDDR5-6400 RAM (incl. ECC), PCIe 4, PRO, 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, SME
iGPUAMD Radeon 680M ( - 2400 MHz)AMD Radeon 680M ( - 2200 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
Announced
Manufacturerwww.amd.comwww.amd.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R9 6900HX
41.5 pt (58%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R7 PRO 6850H
38.4 pt (53%)
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: 9709     avg: 13307     median: 13497 (13%)     max: 15100 Points
min: 12016     avg: 12393     median: 12393 (12%)     max: 12770 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1516     avg: 1565     median: 1558 (66%)     max: 1616 Points
min: 1469     avg: 1480     median: 1480 (63%)     max: 1491 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 595     avg: 610     median: 610 (68%)     max: 631 Points
min: 564     avg: 574     median: 576 (64%)     max: 583 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 3742     avg: 5162     median: 5306 (13%)     max: 5813 Points
min: 2990     avg: 4274     median: 4887 (12%)     max: 4946 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1588     avg: 2163     median: 2231 (14%)     max: 2411 Points
min: 2081     avg: 2086     median: 2085.5 (13%)     max: 2090 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 241     avg: 250.1     median: 249 (75%)     max: 261 Points
min: 166.2     avg: 205.1     median: 205.1 (62%)     max: 244 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 19.01     avg: 23.9     median: 23.9 (31%)     max: 26.44 Points
21.3 Points (28%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 2.86     avg: 2.9     median: 2.9 (73%)     max: 3.07 Points
2.6 Points (65%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 6405     avg: 7252     median: 6545.5 (40%)     max: 12330 Points
5791 Points (35%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 32313     avg: 42271     median: 39524 (29%)     max: 67558 Points
34412 Points (25%)
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 *
min: 93.19     avg: 114.7     median: 104.8 (1%)     max: 149.369 s
103.6 s (1%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
min: 3.461     avg: 4     median: 3.8 (1%)     max: 4.688 s
3.7 s (1%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
min: 6795     avg: 6875     median: 6875 (11%)     max: 6980 Points
5263 Points (8%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 49526     avg: 60091     median: 61333 (35%)     max: 65336 MIPS
min: 52391     avg: 54445     median: 54444.5 (31%)     max: 56498 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 5090     avg: 5799     median: 5817 (70%)     max: 6070 MIPS
min: 5374     avg: 5417     median: 5417 (65%)     max: 5460 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 93.25     avg: 115.2     median: 114.5 (40%)     max: 127.8 fps
104.1 fps (36%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 240.5     avg: 253.9     median: 255.5 (59%)     max: 262.5 fps
222.5 fps (51%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 12.6     avg: 16.7     median: 17 (30%)     max: 18.7 fps
min: 12.7     avg: 14.3     median: 14.3 (25%)     max: 15.9 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 0.857     avg: 1.1     median: 1.1 (0%)     max: 1.2 GB/s
1 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 1.3     avg: 1.6     median: 1.7 (29%)     max: 1.8 GB/s
1 GB/s (17%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
min: 9.3     avg: 11.8     median: 11.9 (31%)     max: 13.5 GB/s
9.1 GB/s (24%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
min: 360     avg: 416.7     median: 407 (5%)     max: 558 Seconds
min: 414     avg: 469.5     median: 469.5 (6%)     max: 525 Seconds
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 212     avg: 238.7     median: 231 (2%)     max: 357 Seconds
min: 235     avg: 241.5     median: 241.5 (2%)     max: 248 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.4627     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (10%)     max: 0.4974 sec
min: 0.516     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (11%)     max: 0.524 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 12154     avg: 13269     median: 13274 (28%)     max: 14115 Points
11620 Points (25%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 7.328     avg: 7.9     median: 7.9 (2%)     max: 8.567 s
0.9 s (0%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 16.373     avg: 18.8     median: 19.1 (1%)     max: 20.719 s
22.7 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 385.531     avg: 616     median: 661.9 (3%)     max: 692.859 s
800 s (4%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 38061     avg: 64608     median: 67158 (59%)     max: 72267 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 15855     avg: 18161     median: 17908 (48%)     max: 21036 Points
min: 12978     avg: 13828     median: 13828 (37%)     max: 14678 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
min: 13091     avg: 17827     median: 18435 (47%)     max: 19474 Points
min: 16089     avg: 16231     median: 16230.5 (41%)     max: 16372 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 18389     avg: 24551     median: 25524 (46%)     max: 27338 Points
min: 23064     avg: 23155     median: 23155 (41%)     max: 23246 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 6621     avg: 9584     median: 9706 (41%)     max: 11039 Points
min: 8354     avg: 8631     median: 8631 (36%)     max: 8908 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: 1523     avg: 1589     median: 1589 (67%)     max: 1652 Points
min: 1474     avg: 1478     median: 1477.5 (62%)     max: 1481 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 8313     avg: 9642     median: 9647 (17%)     max: 10490 Points
min: 8093     avg: 8472     median: 8472 (15%)     max: 8851 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1531     avg: 1561     median: 1557 (7%)     max: 1603 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
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: 564     avg: 588     median: 586.5 (1%)     max: 607 ms
min: 586     avg: 599     median: 599 (1%)     max: 612 ms
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
min: 200     avg: 222.4     median: 227 (65%)     max: 233 Points
min: 166.7     avg: 179.6     median: 179.6 (52%)     max: 192.4 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 248     avg: 280.3     median: 286 (60%)     max: 304 Points
min: 218     avg: 232     median: 232 (48%)     max: 246 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 1476     avg: 1621     median: 1610 (62%)     max: 1743 Points
min: 1336     avg: 1407     median: 1407 (54%)     max: 1478 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 48.7     avg: 96.5     median: 95.8 (17%)     max: 135.7 Watt
min: 51     avg: 76.5     median: 76.5 (13%)     max: 101.9 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 44.6     avg: 92.1     median: 90.6 (17%)     max: 134 Watt
103 Watt (19%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 8.35     avg: 11.9     median: 10.9 (7%)     max: 19.4 Watt
min: 8.57     avg: 9.3     median: 9.3 (6%)     max: 10.1 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 10.1     avg: 13.5     median: 13.5 (15%)     max: 17 Watt
8.8 Watt (10%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 17.8     avg: 23.6     median: 22 (16%)     max: 34.6 Points per Watt
20.2 Points per Watt (15%)

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX → 100% n=38

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H → 90% n=38

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