AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX vs Intel Core i5-1035G4

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX and Intel Core i5-1035G4 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 - 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).

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

Intel Core i5-1035G4

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
8 more threads: 16 vs 8
Around 32% higher clock speed: 4.9 GHz vs 3.70 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 10 nm
Around 60% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2x 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 56% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3441 vs 2203
3.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 24826 vs 7931

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	Jan 2022 vs 1 Aug 2019
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores	8 vs 4
Number of threads	16 vs 8
Maximum frequency	4.9 GHz vs 3.70 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 10 nm
L1 cache	512 KB vs 320 KB
L2 cache	4 MB vs 2 MB
L3 cache	16 MB vs 6 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	3441 vs 2203
PassMark - CPU mark	24826 vs 7931

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-1035G4

Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100 °C vs 95 °C
3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 45 Watt

Maximum core temperature	100 °C vs 95 °C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 45 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-1035G4

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3441

2203

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

24826

7931

Name	AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX	Intel Core i5-1035G4
PassMark - Single thread mark	3441	2203
PassMark - CPU mark	24826	7931
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	6835
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		39.88
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		443.406
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.835
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		27.443
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		42.992
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2489
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2869
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		5711
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2489
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2869
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		5711

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX	Intel Core i5-1035G4
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 3+	Ice Lake
Launch date	Jan 2022	1 Aug 2019
Place in performance rating	566	490
Vertical segment	Mobile	Mobile
Launch price (MSRP)		$309
Processor Number		i5-1035G4
Performance
Base frequency	3.3 GHz	1.10 GHz
Die size	208 mm²
L1 cache	512 KB	320 KB
L2 cache	4 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	16 MB	6 MB
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	10 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	100 °C
Maximum frequency	4.9 GHz	3.70 GHz
Number of cores	8	4
Number of threads	16	8
Unlocked
Bus Speed		4 GT/s
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	4
Supported memory types	DDR5-4800	LPDDR4X-3733, DDR4-3200
Maximum memory bandwidth		55.63 GB/s
Maximum memory size		64 GB
Graphics
Graphics max frequency	2400 MHz
Device ID		0x8A5A
Graphics base frequency		300 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.05 GHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics		Intel Iris Plus Graphics
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FP7	FCBGA1526
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	15 Watt
Configurable TDP-down		12 Watt
Configurable TDP-down Frequency		800 MHz
Configurable TDP-up		25 Watt
Configurable TDP-up Frequency		1.50 GHz
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	20
PCI Express revision	4.0	3.0
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
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost
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
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported		3
Graphics image quality
4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort		5120 x 3200
Max resolution over eDP		5120 x 3200
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4		4096 x 2304
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
OpenGL		4.5
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)