AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS vs Intel Xeon W-1270

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS and Intel Xeon W-1270 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 14 nm
  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 80 Watt
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3286 vs 3020
  • Around 34% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 23585 vs 17568
Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 80 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3286 vs 3020
PassMark - CPU mark 23585 vs 17568

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W-1270

  • Around 2% higher clock speed: 5.00 GHz vs 4.9 GHz
  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95 °C
Maximum frequency 5.00 GHz vs 4.9 GHz
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 95 °C

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS
CPU 2: Intel Xeon W-1270

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3286
3020
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
23585
17568
Name AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS Intel Xeon W-1270
PassMark - Single thread mark 3286 3020
PassMark - CPU mark 23585 17568
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 6900

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS Intel Xeon W-1270

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 3+ Comet Lake
Launch date Jan 2022 Q2'20
Place in performance rating 608 605
Vertical segment Mobile Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $362 - $365
Processor Number W-1270
Series Intel Xeon W Processor
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 3.3 GHz 3.40 GHz
Die size 208 mm²
L1 cache 512 KB
L2 cache 4 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 5.00 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 0x9BC6
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.20 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 64 GB
Processor graphics Intel UHD Graphics P630

Compatibility

Sockets supported FP7 FCLGA1200
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 80 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution PCG 2015W

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20 16
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0
PCIe configurations Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability 1S Only

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® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost
Intel® Turbo Boost 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

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 4096x2160@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