AMD Ryzen 5 7430U vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 7430U, vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 7430U and AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7430U
1421
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
1565
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7430U
8198
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
14136
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7430U
81
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
n/a
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7430U
443
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
n/a
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7430U
2908
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
3414
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7430U
15155
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
24429
Integer Math56.3 GOps/s89.7 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math30.6 GOps/s50.1 GOps/s
Prime Number Search46 M primes/s63 M primes/s
Random String Sort18.8 M strings/s32.1 M strings/s
Data Encryption11.5 GB/s19.2 GB/s
Data Compression180.9 MB/s307.1 MB/s
Physics660 frames/s1159 frames/s
Extended Instructions12 M matrices/s209 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7430U
1865
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
2004
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7430U
6558
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
10271
File Compression606.2 MB/s984.2 MB/s
Clang Compilation51.2 KLines/s80.9 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser106.5 pages/s221.3 pages/s
PDF Rendering177.4 MP/sec331.2 MP/sec
Text Processing189.7 pages/s209.8 pages/s
Background Blur31 frames/s34.6 frames/s
Photo Processing44.4 frames/s82.9 frames/s
Ray Tracing12.8 MP/sec20 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 7430U
86.99
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
187.06

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 437.2 PPW 228.2 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 1010.3 PPW 542.9 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 29.5 PPW n/a
Blender / W 5.8 PPW 4.16 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Announced January, 5, 2023 January, 4, 2022
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Cezanne) Zen 3+ (Rembrandt)
Integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 7 Radeon 680M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 8
Threads 12 16
Frequency 2.3 GHz 3.3 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.3 GHz 4.9 GHz
General
Cores count68
Threads count1216
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier23x33x
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core512 KB/core
L3 Cache16 MB total16 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Package

Transistor count 10.7 billion n/a
Process tech. 7 nm 6 nm
Power (TDP) 15 W 45 W
Socket FP6 FP7
Critical temp. 95 °C 95 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-4267
- DDR5-4800
- LPDDR5-6400
Max Size 64 GB 64 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes No
Max memory bandwidth n/a 76.8 GB

Other

PCIe Version 3.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 20

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX the clear winner in this comparison.

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