AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS vs Intel Core i3-8145U

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS and Intel Core i3-8145U processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
  • 12 more threads: 16 vs 4
  • Around 26% higher clock speed: 4.9 GHz vs 3.90 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 14 nm
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 57% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3286 vs 2099
  • 6.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 23566 vs 3794
Specifications (specs)
Launch date Jan 2022 vs 21 August 2018
Number of cores 8 vs 2
Number of threads 16 vs 4
Maximum frequency 4.9 GHz vs 3.90 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm vs 14 nm
L1 cache 512 KB vs 256 KB
L2 cache 4 MB vs 1 MB
L3 cache 16 MB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3286 vs 2099
PassMark - CPU mark 23566 vs 3794

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i3-8145U

  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95 °C
  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 95 °C
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 35 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS
CPU 2: Intel Core i3-8145U

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3286
2099
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
23566
3794
Name AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS Intel Core i3-8145U
PassMark - Single thread mark 3286 2099
PassMark - CPU mark 23566 3794
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 6900
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 4325
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 8121
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1590
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3228
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5815
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1590
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3228
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 5815

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS Intel Core i3-8145U

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 3+ Whiskey Lake
Launch date Jan 2022 21 August 2018
Place in performance rating 608 611
Vertical segment Mobile Mobile
Price now $281
Processor Number i3-8145U
Series 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i3 Processors
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 6.00

Performance

Base frequency 3.3 GHz 2.10 GHz
Die size 208 mm² 123 mm
L1 cache 512 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 4 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 16 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 100°C
Maximum frequency 4.9 GHz 3.90 GHz
Number of cores 8 2
Number of threads 16 4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 4 GT/s OPI
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 72 °C

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory types DDR5-4800 DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Maximum memory bandwidth 37.5 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB

Graphics

Graphics max frequency 2400 MHz
Device ID 0x3EA0
Graphics base frequency 300 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.00 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 32 GB
Processor graphics Intel® UHD Graphics 620

Compatibility

Sockets supported FP7 FCBGA1528
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 15 Watt
Configurable TDP-down 10 W
Configurable TDP-down Frequency 800 MHz
Configurable TDP-up 25 W
Configurable TDP-up Frequency 2.30 GHz
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 46x24

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20 16
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x4, 2x2, 1x2+2x1 and 4x1

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
AMD StoreMI technology
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Smart Response technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)