AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS vs Intel Core i5-8259U

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS and Intel Core i5-8259U 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 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) 8 month(s) later
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • 8 more threads: 16 vs 8
  • Around 29% higher clock speed: 4.9 GHz vs 3.80 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
  • 2.7x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 49% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3286 vs 2201
  • 3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 23585 vs 7876
Specifications (specs)
Launch date Jan 2022 vs 3 April 2018
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Number of threads 16 vs 8
Maximum frequency 4.9 GHz vs 3.80 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 6 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3286 vs 2201
PassMark - CPU mark 23585 vs 7876

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-8259U

  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95 °C
  • Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 35 Watt
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 95 °C
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 28 Watt vs 35 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-8259U

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3286
2201
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
23585
7876
Name AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS Intel Core i5-8259U
PassMark - Single thread mark 3286 2201
PassMark - CPU mark 23585 7876
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 6900
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 964
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3939
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 5.218
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 75.117
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 2.451
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 6.118
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3247
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 6697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 11568
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3247
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 6697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 11568

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS Intel Core i5-8259U

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 3+ Coffee Lake
Launch date Jan 2022 3 April 2018
Place in performance rating 608 583
Vertical segment Mobile Mobile
Processor Number i5-8259U
Series 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 Processors
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 3.3 GHz 2.30 GHz
Die size 208 mm² 123 mm
L1 cache 512 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 4 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 16 MB 6 MB
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 100°C
Maximum frequency 4.9 GHz 3.80 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of threads 16 8
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 0x3EA5
eDRAM 128 MB
Graphics base frequency 300 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.05 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 32 GB
Processor graphics Intel® Iris® Plus Graphics 655

Compatibility

Sockets supported FP7 FCBGA1528
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 28 Watt
Configurable TDP-down 20 W
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® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
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@30Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Security & Reliability

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