AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX Benchmark, Test and specs

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CPU lineage

The AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX features 8 processor cores and has the capability to manage 16 threads concurrently. It was released in Q2/2021 and belongs to the 4 generation of the AMD Ryzen 9 series. To use the AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, you'll need a motherboard with a FP6 socket.
Name: AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
Family: AMD Ryzen 9
Group: AMD Ryzen 5000H
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 4

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX is 3.3 GHz and turbo frequency for one core is 4.6 GHz. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.
CPU Cores: 8
Threads: 16
Cores: 8x
Core architecture: normal
Hyperthreading: Yes
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 3.3 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 core): 4.6 GHz
Turbo Frequency (all cores): 4.2 GHz

Internal Graphics

The AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX uses the AMD Radeon 8 Graphics (Renoir), which has 512 texture shaders and 8 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
GPU name: AMD Radeon 8 Graphics (Renoir)
GPU frequency: 1.9 GHz
GPU (Turbo): --
Execution units: 8
Shaders: 512
Max. GPU Memory: 2.0 GB
Max. displays: --
Generation: 9
Direct X: 12
Technology: 7 nm
Release date: Q1/2020

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.
h265 / HEVC (8 bit): Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode / Encode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode / Encode
VP9: Decode / Encode
AV1: No
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The processor supports a maximum memory capacity of 64.0 GB distributed across 2 memory channels. It offers a peak memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s. Both the type and quantity of memory can have a substantial impact on the overall system performance.
Memory type: DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266
Max. Memory: 64.0 GB
Memory channels: 2
Bandwidth: 51.2 GB/s
ECC: No
PCIe: pci
AES-NI: Yes

Thermal Management

The processor has a thermal design power (TDP) of 45 W watts. TDP indicates the cooling solution needed to effectively manage the processor's heat. It generally provides an approximate indication of the actual power consumption of the CPU itself.
TDP (PL1 / PBP): 45 W
TDP (PL2): None
TDP up: 54 W
TDP down: 35 W
Tjunction max: 105 °C

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX is manufactured using a 7 nm process. A smaller manufacturing process indicates a more contemporary and energy-efficient CPU. In total, this processor boasts a generous 16.0 MB cache. A substantial cache can significantly enhance the processor's performance, particularly in scenarios like gaming.
Technology: 7 nm
Chip design: Chiplet
Socket: FP6
L2-Cache: 4.0 MB
L3-Cache: 16.0 MB
Architecture: Cezanne (Zen 3)
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux, Windows 11
Virtualization: AMD-V, SVM
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, FMA3, AVX2
Release date: Q2/2021
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet
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Benchmarks

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Intel Core i9-11900F
8C 16T @ 2.5 GHz
22830
22830
Intel Core i9-11900
8C 16T @ 2.5 GHz
22830
22830
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
22815
22815
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
12C 24T @ 3.5 GHz
22810
22810
Intel Core i7-11700B
8C 16T @ 3.2 GHz
22764
22764

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS
8C 16T @ 3.0 GHz
13977
13977
Intel Core i9-11980HK
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
13977
13977
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
13955
13955
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
13875
13875
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
8C 16T @ 3.4 GHz
13802
13802

V-Ray CPU-Render Benchmark

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
8C 16T @ 3.4 GHz
9844
9844
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
9710
9710
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
9710
9710
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
9710
9710
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
8C 16T @ 3.9 GHz
9654
9654

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Intel Xeon W-2140B
8C 16T @ 3.2 GHz
8457
8457
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
8C 16T @ 3.1 GHz
8449
8449
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
8432
8432
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
6C 12T @ 3.7 GHz
8420
8420
Intel Core i9-11980HK
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
8418
8418

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

AMD Ryzen 7 4700S
8C 16T @ 3.2 GHz
7262
7262
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5875U
8C 16T @ 2.0 GHz
7260
7260
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
7255
7255
Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4
18C 36T @ 2.2 GHz
7248
7248
AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
6C 12T @ 3.8 GHz
7246
7246

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i7-11700
8C 16T @ 2.5 GHz
5920
5920
Intel Core i7-11700F
8C 16T @ 2.5 GHz
5837
5837
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
5692
5692
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT
8C 16T @ 4.2 GHz
5676
5676
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS
8C 16T @ 3.0 GHz
5658
5658

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
8C 16T @ 2.7 GHz
5486
5486
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
5474
5474
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
5474
5474
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
5474
5474
Intel Core i7-11700
8C 16T @ 2.5 GHz
5472
5472

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Intel Xeon w7-3445
20C 40T @ 2.6 GHz
1996
1996
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
1992
1992
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
1992
1992
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
1992
1992
Intel Core i7-11800H
8C 16T @ 2.3 GHz
1985
1985

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
8C 16T @ 1.8 GHz
1946
1946
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
1946
1946
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
1946
1946
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
1946
1946
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS
8C 16T @ 3.0 GHz
1946
1946

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

AMD EPYC 72F3
8C 16T @ 3.7 GHz
1512
1512
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U
6C 12T @ 2.3 GHz
1510
1510
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
1510
1510
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U
6C 12T @ 2.3 GHz
1510
1510
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
6C 12T @ 3.9 GHz
1507
1507

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
1478
1478
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U
8C 16T @ 1.9 GHz
1478
1478
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
1478
1478
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
8C 16T @ 3.0 GHz
1478
1478
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
8C 16T @ 1.9 GHz
1478
1478

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i7-11700F
8C 16T @ 2.5 GHz
612
612
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
8C 16T @ 3.8 GHz
609
609
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
596
596
Intel Core i5-11500
6C 12T @ 2.7 GHz
588
588
Intel Core i9-10900KF
10C 20T @ 3.7 GHz
587
587

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
578
578
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
8C 16T @ 3.1 GHz
578
578
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
578
578
AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS Creator Edition
8C 16T @ 3.2 GHz
578
578
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
8C 16T @ 3.0 GHz
578
578

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS Creator Edition
8C 16T @ 3.2 GHz
184
184
Intel Core i9-11900H
8C 16T @ 2.5 GHz
184
184
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
183
183
AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS
8C 16T @ 2.8 GHz
182
182
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
8C 16T @ 3.9 GHz
182
182

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Intel Core i9-12900HK
14C 20T @ 2.5 GHz
182
182
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
174
174
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
174
174
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Creator Edition
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
174
174
Intel Core i9-9900X
10C 20T @ 3.5 GHz
169.7
169.7