AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2

[ VERDICT ] Winner: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 (97/100)

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS (51/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Efficiency 65.0 Average 76.0 Good WINNER
Performance 58.0 Below Average 95.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Base Frequency (P) 3.3 GHz 4.3 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 192MB (shared)
Multiplier 33x 43x
P-Cores 8 16
P-Threads 16 32
Total Cores 8 16
Total Threads 16 32
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 5.6 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Background blur 47.6 images/sec 90.2 images/sec
Clang compilation 75.3 Klines/sec 240.9 Klines/sec
File compression 842.2 MB/sec 2030 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 196.9 pages/sec 460.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 301.7 Mpixels/sec 570.9 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 80.4 images/sec 160.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 18 Mpixels/sec 56.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 214.9 pages/sec 361 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Codename Zen 3+ (Rembrandt) Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Radeon 680M Radeon Graphics
Intel Equivalent -Intel Core i9 12900H
Released January 4, 2022 March 26, 2026
Type Laptop Desktop
Vendor Amd Amd
Model number 9950X3D2

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
ECC Support No Yes
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR5-4800- LPDDR5-6400 - DDR5-5600

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS official page AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official page
PCI Express Lanes 20 28
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
Technologies - Compute: BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA- Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT, XFR 2- Virtualization: AMD-V- Security: EVP, SMAP, SMEP

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Fabrication Process 6 nm 4 nm
Peak Temperature 95°C 95°C
Socket FP7 AM5
TDP (PL1) 35 W 200 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 270 W

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Data compression 288.3 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 18 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 19.7B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 57M Primes/sec
Floating point math 47.5 GOps/sec
Integer math 84.8 GOps/sec
Physics 1030 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 30M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Blender / Watt 5.16 PPW 3.74 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 21.7 PPW 12.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 276.6 PPW 135.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 651.8 PPW 363.9 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Execution Units 12 2
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2400 MHz 2200 MHz
Integrated Graphics AMD Radeon 680M Radeon Graphics
ROPs 32 4
Shading Units 768 128
TGP 15 W 15 W
TMUs 48 8

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 10459
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 558

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