AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS vs Intel Core i7-10875H

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS and Intel Core i7-10875H 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS

Intel Core i7-10875H

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 14 nm
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 45 Watt
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3297 vs 2735
Around 59% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 23705 vs 14928
Around 28% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score: 6852 vs 5352

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	Jan 2022 vs 2 Apr 2020
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 14 nm
L2 cache	4 MB vs 2 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	3297 vs 2735
PassMark - CPU mark	23705 vs 14928
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	6852 vs 5352

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-10875H

Around 4% higher clock speed: 5.10 GHz vs 4.9 GHz
Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95 °C

Maximum frequency	5.10 GHz vs 4.9 GHz
Maximum core temperature	100°C vs 95 °C

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-10875H

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3297

2735

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

23705

14928

3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score

CPU 1

CPU 2

6852

5352

Name	AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS	Intel Core i7-10875H
PassMark - Single thread mark	3297	2735
PassMark - CPU mark	23705	14928
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	6852	5352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		362.839
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.986

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS	Intel Core i7-10875H
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 3+	Comet Lake
Launch date	Jan 2022	2 Apr 2020
Place in performance rating	606	596
Vertical segment	Mobile	Mobile
Launch price (MSRP)		$450
Processor Number		i7-10875H
Series		10th Generation Intel Core i7 Processors
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	3.3 GHz	2.30 GHz
Die size	208 mm²
L1 cache	512 KB	512 KB
L2 cache	4 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	16 MB	16 MB
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	100°C
Maximum frequency	4.9 GHz	5.10 GHz
Number of cores	8	8
Number of threads	16	16
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory types	DDR5-4800	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory bandwidth		45.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size		128 GB
Graphics
Graphics max frequency	2400 MHz
Device ID		0x9BC4
Graphics base frequency		350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.20 GHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics		Intel UHD Graphics
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FP7	FCBGA1440
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	45 Watt
Configurable TDP-down		35 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		42mm x 28mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	20	16
PCI Express revision	4.0	3.0
PCIe configurations		Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
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® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost
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® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot