Intel Core i9 13900H vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.6 GHz Intel Core i9 13900H with 14-cores against the 3.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX with 8-cores. 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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 6900HX and 13900H
Advantages of Intel Core i9 13900H
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 96 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Newer - released 1 year later
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 34% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2676 vs 2004 points
  • 10% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • More modern manufacturing process – 6 versus 10 nanometers
  • More powerful AMD Radeon 680M integrated graphics: 3.7 vs 2.3 TFLOPS

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 2026 (Single) 614 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 4378 -

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)
14739
File compression 1320 MB/sec 984.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 107.9 Klines/sec 80.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 372.2 pages/sec 221.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 426.6 Mpixels/sec 331.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 270.4 pages/sec 209.8 pages/sec
Background blur 59.2 images/sec 34.6 images/sec
Photo processing 135.5 images/sec 82.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 24.7 Mpixels/sec 20 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 897 & 491 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
27089
Integer math 95.4 GOps/sec 88.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 68.3 GOps/sec 49.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 102M Primes/sec 62M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 35M Strings/sec 31.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 18.6 GBytes/sec 18.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 320.1 MBytes/sec 303 MBytes/sec
Physics 1695 Frames/sec 1129 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 19B Matrices/sec 20.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4377 & 2567 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
212.33

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16.1 PPW 17 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 327.5 PPW 228.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 602 PPW 534 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.72 PPW 4.16 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
Intel Core i9 13900H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-12 -> sevensraysCinebench 2026614 / 4378
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-12 -> sevensraysGeekbench 6 CPU2382 / 13356
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-24 (JoseBedo)Cinebench 2024113 / 723
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 13900H and AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 3, 2023 January 4, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Zen 3+ (Rembrandt)
Model number i9-13900H -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96 EU) Radeon 680M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS - Intel Core i9 12900HX
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 9 288V - AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX
Intel CPU rating (#95th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#104th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 12 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.6 GHz 3.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz 4.9 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.9 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.1 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 14 8
Total Threads 20 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 26x 33x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 6 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 45 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP7
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 95Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (123rd and 184th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96 EU) AMD Radeon 680M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 2400 MHz
Shading Units 768 768
TMUs 48 48
ROPs 24 32
Execution Units 96 12
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
2.3 TFLOPS
3.7 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267
- DDR5-4800
- LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 13900H official page AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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