AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS vs Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y

Last updated: 2024-04-16

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS		Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y
CPU comparison AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS or Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y - 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 Pentium Gold 4415Y has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y was released in Q1/2019.

AMD Ryzen 9 (40)	Family	Intel Pentium (150)
AMD Ryzen 6000H/7035H (20)	CPU group	Intel Pentium 4400 (5)
5	Generation	7
Rembrandt (Zen 3+)	Architecture	Kaby Lake U
Mobile	Segment	Mobile
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

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 Pentium Gold 4415Y has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.70 GHz.
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y
8	Cores	2
16	Threads	4
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
3.00 GHz	Frequency	1.70 GHz
4.60 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	--
3.80 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	--


NPU AI performance The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--
--	NPU + CPU + iGPU	--

Integrated graphics (iGPU) 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 HD Graphics 615
2.00 GHz	GPU frequency	0.30 GHz
2.40 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	0.85 GHz
9	GPU Generation	9.5
6 nm	Technology	14nm
3	Max. displays	3
12	Compute units	24
768	Shader	192
Yes	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
8 GB	Max. GPU Memory	16 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 HD Graphics 615
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 Pentium Gold 4415Y can connect up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y
LPDDR5-6400, DDR5-4800	Memory	LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
64 GB	Max. Memory	16 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
76.8 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	29.9 GB/s
No	ECC	No
4.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
16.00 MB	L3 Cache	2.00 MB
4.0	PCIe version	3.0
12	PCIe lanes	10
23.6 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	9.9 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 Pentium Gold 4415Y is 6 W.
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y
35 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	6 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
54 W	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	4.5 W
95 °C	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS has a 20.00 MB cache, while the Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y cache has a total of 2.00 MB.

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y
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
FP7	Socket	BGA 1515
AMD-V, SVM	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2022	Release date	Q1/2019
--	Release price	161 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS (100%)

Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y (25%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS (100%)

Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y (8%)

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 Pentium Gold 4415Y 2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz	407 (25%)

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 Pentium Gold 4415Y 2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz	893 (9%)

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 Pentium Gold 4415Y Intel HD Graphics 615 @ 0.85 GHz	326 (9%)

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 Pentium Gold 4415Y 2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz	1590 (7%)

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 Pentium Gold 4415Y 2C 4T @ 1.70 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 Pentium Gold 4415Y 2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz	0 (0%)

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 Pentium Gold 4415Y 2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz	0 (0%)

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 Pentium Gold 4415Y 2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz	0 (0%)

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 Pentium Gold 4415Y 2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz	0 (0%)

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 Pentium Gold 4415Y 2C 4T @ 1.70 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 Pentium Gold 4415Y 2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz	0 (0%)

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 Pentium Gold 4415Y 2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz	0 (0%)

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 Pentium Gold 4415Y 2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz	0 (0%)

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