AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS vs Intel Core i5-10600T

Last updated: 2024-02-05

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS		Intel Core i5-10600T
CPU comparison AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS or Intel Core i5-10600T - 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 9 6900HS has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.60 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS was released in Q1/2022. The Intel Core i5-10600T has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-10600T was released in Q2/2020.

AMD Ryzen 9 (35)	Family	Intel Core i5 (331)
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 9 5900HS	Predecessor	Intel Core i5-9600T
--	Successor	Intel Core i5-11600T

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.00 GHz (4.60 GHz). The Intel Core i5-10600T has 6 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.40 GHz (4.00 GHz).
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-10600T
8	Cores	6
16	Threads	12
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
3.00 GHz	Frequency	2.40 GHz
4.60 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	4.00 GHz
3.80 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	3.70 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 9 6900HS	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-10600T
--	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 680M	GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 630
2.00 GHz	GPU frequency	0.35 GHz
2.40 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	1.20 GHz
9	GPU Generation	9.5
6 nm	Technology	14 nm
3	Max. displays	3
12	Compute units	24
768	Shader	192
Yes	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
8 GB	Max. GPU Memory	64 GB
12	DirectX Version	12

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 680M	GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 630
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-10600T can connect up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-10600T
LPDDR5-6400, DDR5-4800	Memory	DDR4-2666
64 GB	Max. Memory	128 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
76.8 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	42.7 GB/s
No	ECC	No
4.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
16.00 MB	L3 Cache	12.00 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 9 6900HS has a TDP of 35 W, that of the Intel Core i5-10600T is 35 W.
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-10600T
35 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	35 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
54 W	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
95 °C	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS has a 20.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i5-10600T cache has a total of 12.00 MB.
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-10600T
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	213 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS (100%)

Intel Core i5-10600T (68%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 5 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS (100%)

Intel Core i5-10600T (51%)

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 9 6900HS 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	1640 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-10600T 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	1068 (65%)

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 9 6900HS 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	10094 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-10600T 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	4763 (47%)

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 9 6900HS 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	2040 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-10600T 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	1355 (66%)

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 9 6900HS 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	9768 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-10600T 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	5112 (52%)

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 9 6900HS 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	614 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-10600T 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	415 (68%)

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 9 6900HS 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	5524 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-10600T 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	2993 (54%)

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 9 6900HS AMD Radeon 680M @ 2.40 GHz	3686 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-10600T Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.20 GHz	461 (13%)

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 9 6900HS 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	24035 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-10600T 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	10670 (44%)

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 9 6900HS 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	252 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-10600T 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	182 (72%)

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 9 6900HS 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	2276 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-10600T 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	1324 (58%)

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 9 6900HS 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	1579 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-10600T 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-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 multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	13977 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-10600T 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	0 (0%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	191 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-10600T 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	0 (0%)

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