Ryzen 9 7900 vs Ryzen 5 5600H

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 5600H
2021
6 cores / 12 threads, 45 Watt
10.66
Ryzen 9 7900
2023
12 cores / 24 threads, 65 Watt
30.70
+188%

Ryzen 9 7900 outperforms Ryzen 5 5600H by a whopping 188% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 5600H and Ryzen 9 7900 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking739134
Place by popularity43not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data65.60
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)no data
Power efficiency22.4244.70
Architecture codenameCezanne-H (Zen 3) (2021)Raphael (Zen4) (2022−2023)
Release date12 January 2021 (3 years ago)14 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$429

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 5600H and Ryzen 9 7900 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores6 (Hexa-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads1224
Base clock speed3.3 GHz3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz5.4 GHz
Multiplier33no data
L1 cache384 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache3 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB64 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm5 nm
Die sizeno data2x 71 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data47 °C
Number of transistorsno data13,140 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 5600H and Ryzen 9 7900 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1
SocketFP6AM5
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 5600H and Ryzen 9 7900. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME5 nm, 0.650 - 1.475V
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 5600H and Ryzen 9 7900 are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 5600H and Ryzen 9 7900. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5-5200

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 ( - 1800 MHz)AMD Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) ( - 2200 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 5600H and Ryzen 9 7900.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data24

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 5 5600H 10.66
Ryzen 9 7900 30.70
+188%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Ryzen 5 5600H 16925
Ryzen 9 7900 48764
+188%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Ryzen 5 5600H 1604
Ryzen 9 7900 2859
+78.2%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Ryzen 5 5600H 5787
Ryzen 9 7900 16833
+191%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Ryzen 5 5600H 5817
Ryzen 9 7900 8339
+43.4%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Ryzen 5 5600H 34229
Ryzen 9 7900 60934
+78%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Ryzen 5 5600H 11952
Ryzen 9 7900 19451
+62.7%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Ryzen 5 5600H 6.58
Ryzen 9 7900 2.98
+121%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Ryzen 5 5600H 19
Ryzen 9 7900 45
+143%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Ryzen 5 5600H 1563
Ryzen 9 7900 4020
+157%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 5 5600H 223
Ryzen 9 7900 315
+41.3%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 5 5600H 2.62
Ryzen 9 7900 3.68
+40.5%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Ryzen 5 5600H 7.4
Ryzen 9 7900 21.5
+193%

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Ryzen 5 5600H 7497
Ryzen 9 7900 10154
+35.4%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Ryzen 5 5600H 95
Ryzen 9 7900 207
+117%

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Ryzen 5 5600H 251
Ryzen 9 7900 356
+41.5%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 5 5600H 6536
Ryzen 9 7900 17880
+174%

Blender(-)

Ryzen 5 5600H 324
+159%
Ryzen 9 7900 125

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 5 5600H 1423
Ryzen 9 7900 2203
+54.9%

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 5 5600H 5359
Ryzen 9 7900 7936
+48.1%

7-Zip

Ryzen 5 5600H 44558
Ryzen 9 7900 112881
+153%

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 5 5600H 267
Ryzen 9 7900 366
+37.1%

CrossMark Overall

Ryzen 5 5600H 1311
Ryzen 9 7900 2322
+77.1%

WebXPRT 4 Overall

Ryzen 5 5600H 200
Ryzen 9 7900 302
+50.8%

Blender v3.3 Classroom CPU(-)

Ryzen 5 5600H 584
+193%
Ryzen 9 7900 199

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.66 30.70
Integrated graphics card 7.47 4.43
Recency 12 January 2021 14 January 2023
Physical cores 6 12
Threads 12 24
Chip lithography 7 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 65 Watt

Ryzen 5 5600H has 68.6% faster integrated GPU, and 44.4% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 9 7900, on the other hand, has a 188% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 9 7900 is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 5600H in performance tests.

Be aware that Ryzen 5 5600H is a notebook processor while Ryzen 9 7900 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 5600H and Ryzen 9 7900, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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