AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX vs Ryzen 7 7840HS

52 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
VS
61 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 3.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX against the 3.8 GHz Ryzen 7 7840HS. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
NanoReview Final Score
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7840HS and 6900HX
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
  • Unlocked multiplier
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 6 nanometers
  • Newer - released 1 year later
  • 29% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2577 vs 2004 points
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#182nd place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
12085
File compression 984.2 MB/sec 1120 MB/sec
Clang compilation 80.9 Klines/sec 102.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 221.3 pages/sec 217.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 331.2 Mpixels/sec 350 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 209.8 pages/sec 251.8 pages/sec
Background blur 34.6 images/sec 59.4 images/sec
Photo processing 82.9 images/sec 87.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 20 Mpixels/sec 22.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 491 & 753 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
28292
Integer math 88.1 GOps/sec 97.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 49.4 GOps/sec 59 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 62M Primes/sec 87M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 31.7M Strings/sec 40.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 18.9 GBytes/sec 20.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 303 MBytes/sec 340.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 1129 Frames/sec 1362 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 20.7B Matrices/sec 25.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2567 & 4310 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
218.59

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 17 PPW 16.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 228.2 PPW 223.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 534 PPW 523.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.16 PPW 4.05 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
No benchmark results yet
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-08 (Hari)Cinebench 2024104 / 880
πŸ“˜ 2025-07-31 (Safi ullah)Cinebench 2024102 / 911
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-10 (Johns)Cinebench 2024105 / 929
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-05 (KaniastyGucio)Cinebench 2024100 / 910
πŸ“˜ 2024-12-09 (Anand)Cinebench 202472 / 719

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX and Ryzen 7 7840HS

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released January 4, 2022 January 4, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3+ (Rembrandt) Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Integrated GPU Radeon 680M Radeon 780M
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i9 12900HX - Intel Core i7 13620H
Successor - AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX - AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (105th and 62nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.3 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 5.1 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 33x 38x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Transistors - 25 billions
Fabrication Process 6 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 45 W 35-54 W (configurable)
Socket FP7 FP8
Peak Temperature 95Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (185th and 93rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics AMD Radeon 680M Radeon 780M
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2400 MHz 2700 MHz
Shading Units 768 768
TMUs 48 48
ROPs 32 32
Execution Units 12 12
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
3.7 TFLOPS
4.1 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- LPDDR5-6400
- DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s -
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX official page AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20
Further details
Notes on Ryzen 7 7840HS:
    - DDR5 memory is supported only on the FP7r2 socket, while FP7 and FP8 sockets support LPDDR5/x.
    - ECC support is available exclusively on the FP7r2 socket.

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