AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 H 255

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, vs AMD Ryzen 7 H 255. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX and AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
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 9 6900HX
1565
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
n/a
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
14136
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
n/a
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
n/a
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
100
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
n/a
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
923
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
3414
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
n/a
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
24429
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
n/a
Integer Math89.7 GOps/s97.5 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math50.1 GOps/s59.7 GOps/s
Prime Number Search63 M primes/s88 M primes/s
Random String Sort32.1 M strings/s42.5 M strings/s
Data Encryption19.2 GB/s20.6 GB/s
Data Compression307.1 MB/s349.6 MB/s
Physics1159 frames/s1391 frames/s
Extended Instructions209 M matrices/s259 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
2004
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
n/a
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
10271
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
n/a
File Compression984.2 MB/s1020 MB/s
Clang Compilation80.9 KLines/s99.8 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser221.3 pages/s255.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering331.2 MP/sec378.2 MP/sec
Text Processing209.8 pages/s259.2 pages/s
Background Blur34.6 frames/s61.1 frames/s
Photo Processing82.9 frames/s99.7 frames/s
Ray Tracing20 MP/sec21.5 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
187.06
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
221.64

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 228.2 PPW 234.6 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 542.9 PPW 532.9 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W n/a 17.1 PPW
Blender / W 4.16 PPW 4.1 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Announced January, 4, 2022 August, 4, 2025
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3+ (Rembrandt) Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Integrated GPU Radeon 680M Radeon 780M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 8
Threads 16 16
Frequency 3.3 GHz 3.8 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.9 GHz 4.9 GHz
General
Cores count88
Threads count1616
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier33x38x
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cache16 MB total16 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Transistor count n/a 25 billion
Process tech. 6 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 45 W 35-54 W
Socket FP7 FP8
Critical temp. 95 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR5-4800
- LPDDR5-6400
- DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Max Size 64 GB 256 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth 76.8 GB n/a

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 20

Results

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