AMD Ryzen 5 6600H vs Intel Core i9-10900F

Last updated: 2024-04-16

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Ryzen 5 6600H		Intel Core i9-10900F
CPU comparison AMD Ryzen 5 6600H or Intel Core i9-10900F - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD Ryzen 5 6600H has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.50 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 6600H was released in Q1/2022. The Intel Core i9-10900F has 10 cores with 20 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i9-10900F was released in Q2/2020.

AMD Ryzen 5 (85)	Family	Intel Core i9 (78)
AMD Ryzen 6000H/7035H (20)	CPU group	Intel Core i 10000 (43)
5	Generation	10
Rembrandt (Zen 3+)	Architecture	Comet Lake S
Mobile	Segment	Desktop / Server
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	Intel Core i9-11900F

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Ryzen 5 6600H is a 6 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.30 GHz (4.50 GHz). The Intel Core i9-10900F has 10 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.80 GHz (5.20 GHz).
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-10900F
6	Cores	10
12	Threads	20
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
3.30 GHz	Frequency	2.80 GHz
4.50 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	5.20 GHz
3.80 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	4.60 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-10900F
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
AMD Radeon 660M	GPU	no iGPU
1.40 GHz	GPU frequency	--
1.90 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	--
9	GPU Generation	--
6 nm	Technology
3	Max. displays
6	Compute units	--
384	Shader	--
Yes	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
8 GB	Max. GPU Memory	--
12	DirectX Version	--

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
AMD Radeon 660M	GPU	no iGPU
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	No
Decode	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	No
Decode	Codec VC-1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The AMD Ryzen 5 6600H supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i9-10900F can connect up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-10900F
LPDDR5-6400, DDR5-4800	Memory	DDR4-2933
64 GB	Max. Memory	128 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
76.8 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	46.9 GB/s
No	ECC	No
3.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
16.00 MB	L3 Cache	20.00 MB
4.0	PCIe version	3.0
12	PCIe lanes	16
23.6 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Ryzen 5 6600H has a TDP of 45 W, that of the Intel Core i9-10900F is 65 W.
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-10900F
45 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	65 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
54 W	TDP up	--
35 W	TDP down	--
95 °C	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The AMD Ryzen 5 6600H has a 19.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i9-10900F cache has a total of 20.00 MB.
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-10900F
6 nm	Technology	14 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
FP7	Socket	LGA 1200
AMD-V, SVM	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2022	Release date	Q2/2020
--	Release price	422 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 5 6600H (100%)

Intel Core i9-10900F (91%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 5 6600H (86%)

Intel Core i9-10900F (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 5 6600H 6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz	1472 (100%)
	Intel Core i9-10900F 10C 20T @ 5.20 GHz	1379 (94%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 5 6600H 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz	8054 (75%)
	Intel Core i9-10900F 10C 20T @ 4.60 GHz	10744 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD Ryzen 5 6600H 6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz	1886 (100%)
	Intel Core i9-10900F 10C 20T @ 5.20 GHz	1662 (88%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD Ryzen 5 6600H 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz	8063 (90%)
	Intel Core i9-10900F 10C 20T @ 4.60 GHz	8972 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD Ryzen 5 6600H 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz	19080 (94%)
	Intel Core i9-10900F 10C 20T @ 4.60 GHz	20233 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 5 6600H 6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-10900F 10C 20T @ 5.20 GHz	1354 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 5 6600H 6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-10900F 10C 20T @ 5.20 GHz	529 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 5 6600H 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-10900F 10C 20T @ 4.60 GHz	5912 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD Ryzen 5 6600H AMD Radeon 660M @ 1.90 GHz	1459 (100%)
	Intel Core i9-10900F @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD Ryzen 5 6600H 6C 12T @ 3.30 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-10900F 10C 20T @ 2.80 GHz	6751 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 5 6600H 6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-10900F 10C 20T @ 5.20 GHz	231 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 5 6600H 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-10900F 10C 20T @ 4.60 GHz	2541 (100%)

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