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AMD Ryzen 5 6600H vs Intel Core i9-9880H vs AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H

AMD Ryzen 5 6600H

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The AMD Ryzen 5 6600H is a processor for big (gaming) laptops based of the Rembrandt generation. The R5 6600H integrates six of the eight cores based on the Zen 3+ microarchitecture. They are clocked at 3.3 (guaranteed base clock) to 4.5 GHz (Turbo) and support SMT / Hyperthreading (12 threads). The chip is manufactured on the modern 6 nm TSMC process. 

The new Zen 3+ is a refresh of the Zen 3 architecture and should not offer a lot of changes. The chip itself however, offers a lot of new features, like support for USB 4 (40 Gbps), PCI-E Gen 4, DDR5-4800MT/s or LPDDR5-6400MT/s, WiFi 6E, Bluetooth LE 5.2, DisplayPort 2, and AV1 decode.

In the 6000 series, AMD finally switched to the current RDNA 2 graphics architecture for the iGPU. The 6600H only offers the slower Radeon 660M with 6 of the 12 CUs enabled and 1.9 GHz max. clock speed.

Performance

The average 6600H in our database is in the same league as the R7 5825U, the R7 6800U and also the Core i5-1340P, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. This is a very decent result, as of late 2022.

Your mileage may vary depending on how high the CPU power limits are, and how competent the cooling solution of your system is.

Power consumption

This Ryzen 5 series APU has a default TDP, also known as the long-term power limit, of 45 W. A high-performance cooling solution is a must for a system built around such a chip.

The R5 6600H is built with TSMC's 6 nm process for great, as of early 2023, energy efficiency.

Intel Core i9-9880H

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The Intel Core i9-9880H is a high-end processor for laptops with eight cores based on the Coffee Lake architecture (2019 refresh, CFL-HR). The processor clocks at between 2.3 - 4.8 GHz (4.1 GHz with 8 cores) and can execute up to sixteen threads simultaneously thanks to Hyper-Threading. The 4.8 GHz can only be reached using the "Thermal Velocity Boost" which allows one core to boost to 4.8 GHz (+200 MHz) as long as the CPU temperature is below 50°C. Multiple cores can be boosted +100 MHz below 50°C (not verified). Compared to the predecessor, the Core i9-8950HK, the 9980H is based on the same architecture but offers 2 more cores.

According to Intel, the CPU is manufactured in an improved 14nm (14nm++) process. The i9-8950HK is the fastest model of the Coffee-Lake-H series at the time of announcement and offers an unlocked multiplier for overclocking of the CPU.

The Coffee Lake architecture is similar to Kaby Lake and differs only in the amount of cores (now six cores for the high end versions) and the improved 14nm process (14nm++ according to Intel).

Performance

Due to the two additional cores, performance has increased by almost 33% compared to a similar clocked predecessor and even up to 100% compared to older Kaby-Lake quad-cores. Single thread performance however only improved slightly and the multi-core performance is heavily depending on the cooling.

Graphics

The integrated Intel UHD Graphics 630 iGPU is supposed to offer a slightly higher performance as its clock rate has been increased by 50 MHz. The architecture is identical to that of the Intel HD Graphics 630. We do expect a performance improvement, but as a low-end solution it will probably only display current games smoothly at reduced details - if at all.

Power Consumption

Intel specifies the TDP with 45 watts and therefore the i9 is only suited for big laptops with good cooling solutions.

AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H

► remove from comparison AMD R9 PRO 6950H

The AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H is a processor for big (workstation) laptops based on the Rembrandt generation. The R9 6900HX integrates all eight cores based on the Zen 3+ microarchitecture. They are clocked at 3.3 (guaranteed base clock) to 4.9 GHz (Turbo) and support SMT / Hyperthreading (16 threads). The chip is manufactured on the modern 6 nm TSMC process. The 6950H is the professional version of the consumer R9 6900HX without overclocking features but with additional management features and the Microsoft Pluton Security processor.

The new Zen 3+ architecture is a refresh of the Zen 3 architecture and should not offer a lot of changes. The chip itself however, offers a lot of new features, like support for USB 4 (40 Gbps), PCI-E Gen 4, DDR5-4800MT/s or LPDDR5-6400MT/s, WiFi 6E, Bluetooth LE 5.2, DisplayPort 2, and AV1 decode.

A big novelty is the integrated GPU Radeon 680M, that is now based on the RDNA2 architecture and offers 12 CUs at up to 2.4 GHz. It should be the fastest iGPU of all at the time of announcement.

Performance

While we have not tested a single system built around the 6950H as of August 2023, we have tested one system featuring the 6950HS, its slightly more power-efficient brother. Based on that, expect the 6950H to be slightly faster than the Ryzen 7 5800H, Ryzen 9 4900H, Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS and also the Core i7-11800H. In other words, this is a higher-end chip that will handle almost any task with ease, as of late 2022.

Your mileage may vary depending on how competent the cooling solution of your laptop is and how high the CPU power limits are.

Power consumption

This Ryzen has a default TDP of 45 W (also known as the PL1). A high-performance cooling solution is a must for a CPU like this one here.

Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H is built with TSMC's 6 nm process leading to great, as of late 2022, energy efficiency.

ModelAMD Ryzen 5 6600HIntel Core i9-9880HAMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H
SeriesAMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+)Intel Coffee LakeAMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+)
CodenameRembrandt-H (Zen 3+)Coffee Lake-HRembrandt-H (Zen 3+)
Series: Rembrandt (Zen 3+) Rembrandt-H (Zen 3+)
AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX3.3 - 5 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H3.3 - 4.9 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX3.3 - 4.9 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS3.3 - 4.9 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 6800H3.2 - 4.7 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H3.2 - 4.7 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H « 3.3 - 4.5 GHz6 / 12 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i9-9980HK2.4 - 5 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i9-9880H « 2.3 - 4.8 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i9-8950HK2.9 - 4.8 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Xeon E-2186M2.9 - 4.8 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Xeon E-2276M2.8 - 4.7 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-9850H2.6 - 4.6 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-9750H2.6 - 4.5 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Xeon E-2176M2.7 - 4.4 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-8850H2.6 - 4.3 GHz6 / 12 cores9 MB L3
Intel Core i7-8750H2.2 - 4.1 GHz6 / 12 cores9 MB L3
Intel Core i5-9400H2.5 - 4.3 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-9300HF2.4 - 4.1 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-9300H2.4 - 4.1 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-8400H2.5 - 4.2 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-8300H2.3 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i3-8100H3 GHz4 / 4 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX3.3 - 5 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H « 3.3 - 4.9 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX3.3 - 4.9 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS3.3 - 4.9 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 6800H3.2 - 4.7 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H3.2 - 4.7 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H3.3 - 4.5 GHz6 / 12 cores16 MB L3
Clock3300 - 4500 MHz2300 - 4800 MHz3300 - 4900 MHz
L1 Cache384 KB512 KB
L2 Cache3 MB2 MB4 MB
L3 Cache16 MB16 MB16 MB
Cores / Threads6 / 128 / 168 / 16
TDP45 Watt45 Watt45 Watt
Technology6 nm14 nm6 nm
max. Temp.95 °C100 °C95 °C
SocketFP7/FP7r2FCBGA1440FP7/FP7r2
FeaturesDDR5-4800/LPDDR5-6400 RAM (incl. ECC), PCIe 4, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEDual-Channel DDR4 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NIDDR5-4800/LPDDR5-6400 RAM (incl. ECC), PCIe 4, PRO, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
iGPUAMD Radeon 660M ( - 1900 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 630 (350 - 1200 MHz)AMD Radeon 680M ( - 2400 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
Announced
Manufacturerwww.amd.comwww.amd.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R5 6600H
38.7 pt (54%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i9-9880H
34.1 pt (47%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 10226     avg: 10454     median: 10418 (10%)     max: 10717 Points
min: 8504     avg: 8670     median: 8747 (8%)     max: 8758 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1458     avg: 1467     median: 1458 (62%)     max: 1486 Points
min: 1140     avg: 1174     median: 1174 (50%)     max: 1208 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 564     avg: 574     median: 575 (64%)     max: 584 Points
min: 441     avg: 459     median: 465 (52%)     max: 474 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 3965     avg: 4071     median: 4106 (10%)     max: 4141 Points
min: 2953     avg: 3271     median: 3235 (8%)     max: 3712 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1626     avg: 1701     median: 1737 (11%)     max: 1740 Points
min: 1317     avg: 1506     median: 1508 (10%)     max: 1721 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 231     avg: 236.7     median: 236 (71%)     max: 243 Points
min: 181     avg: 190.1     median: 190 (57%)     max: 198 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
18.9 Points (25%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
2.1 Points (52%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
6967 Points (42%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
42456 Points (31%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
118.7 s (1%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
5.4 s (1%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
6683 Points (11%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 39886     avg: 45692     median: 47836 (27%)     max: 49353 MIPS
min: 39455     avg: 42728     median: 42138 (24%)     max: 46591 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 5466     avg: 5580     median: 5553 (66%)     max: 5720 MIPS
min: 4837     avg: 4943     median: 4924 (59%)     max: 5068 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
102.4 fps (36%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
217 fps (50%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 11.5     avg: 13.2     median: 13.9 (24%)     max: 14.2 fps
min: 10.6     avg: 11.2     median: 11.1 (20%)     max: 11.86 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
0.7 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
1 GB/s (17%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
7.5 GB/s (20%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
min: 497     avg: 512     median: 508 (6%)     max: 532 Seconds
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 291     avg: 296.7     median: 293 (2%)     max: 306 Seconds
min: 293     avg: 336.5     median: 334.5 (2%)     max: 384 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.4995     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (11%)     max: 0.532 sec
min: 0.621     avg: 0.7     median: 0.7 (14%)     max: 0.6904 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 11788     avg: 12226     median: 12225.5 (26%)     max: 12663 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
8.5 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
18.9 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
476.5 s (2%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 12022     avg: 14220     median: 14220 (38%)     max: 16418 Points
min: 12593     avg: 15310     median: 15556 (42%)     max: 17046 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
40635 Points (34%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 12692     avg: 13364     median: 13363.5 (34%)     max: 14035 Points
min: 10705     avg: 12582     median: 12214 (31%)     max: 15206 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 20214     avg: 21091     median: 21252 (38%)     max: 21808 Points
min: 14940     avg: 18040     median: 18580 (33%)     max: 20125 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 6569     avg: 6979     median: 7023 (30%)     max: 7345 Points
min: 6412     avg: 7482     median: 7221 (30%)     max: 9138 Points
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core
2042 Points (55%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core
9240 Points (36%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1446     avg: 1478     median: 1474 (62%)     max: 1513 Points
min: 1115     avg: 1176     median: 1176 (50%)     max: 1237 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 6403     avg: 7442     median: 7729 (14%)     max: 8195 Points
min: 7109     avg: 7231     median: 7231 (13%)     max: 7353 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1417     avg: 1447     median: 1447 (6%)     max: 1477 Points
min: 1139     avg: 1188     median: 1186 (5%)     max: 1239 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 6219     avg: 7173     median: 7172.5 (23%)     max: 8126 Points
min: 6841     avg: 7034     median: 7100 (22%)     max: 7161 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 5166     avg: 5409     median: 5457 (55%)     max: 5605 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 28192     avg: 29022     median: 29077 (32%)     max: 29798 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 604     avg: 637     median: 637 (1%)     max: 670 ms
min: 715     avg: 919     median: 934 (1%)     max: 1044 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 38079     avg: 43238     median: 40443 (36%)     max: 50837 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
min: 193.4     avg: 201.2     median: 201.2 (58%)     max: 209 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 233     avg: 245.7     median: 244 (51%)     max: 260 Points
184 Points (38%)
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 1399     avg: 1460     median: 1460 (56%)     max: 1521 Points
940 Points (36%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 78.3     avg: 78.6     median: 78.6 (14%)     max: 78.8 Watt
85.2 Watt (15%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 75.1     avg: 82.8     median: 82.8 (15%)     max: 90.4 Watt
min: 99.9     avg: 131.6     median: 131.6 (24%)     max: 163.2 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
8.1 Watt (5%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
6.4 Watt (7%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 18     avg: 20.6     median: 20.6 (15%)     max: 23.1 Points per Watt
min: 10.5     avg: 12.5     median: 12.5 (9%)     max: 14.4 Points per Watt

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