Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS vs Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H

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Aggregated performance score

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H
2022
8 cores / 16 threads
14.86
+0.8%
Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS
2022
8 cores / 16 threads
14.74

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H outperforms Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS by 1% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H and Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking419429
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Architecture codenameRembrandt-H (Zen 3+)Rembrandt-HS (Zen 3+)
Release date19 April 2022 (2 years ago)19 April 2022 (2 years ago)

Technical specs

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H and Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1616
Base clock speed3.2 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed4.7 GHz4.9 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography6 nm6 nm
Die size208 mm2208 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °C95 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H and Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS 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 configuration11
SocketFP7FP7
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H and Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsDDR5-4800/LPDDR5-6400 RAM (incl. ECC), PCIe 4, PRO, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEDDR5-4800/LPDDR5-6400 RAM (incl. ECC), PCIe 4, PRO, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H and Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H and Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5, DDR5DDR5, DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon 680MAMD Radeon 680M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H and Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS.

PCIe version4.04.0
PCI Express lanes2020

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 7 PRO 6850H 14.86
+0.8%
Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS 14.74

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H outperforms Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS by 1% based on our aggregated benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 22975
+0.8%
Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS 22797

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H outperforms Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS by 1% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 1655
Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS 1878
+13.5%

Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS outperforms Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H by 13% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 7431
Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS 8435
+13.5%

Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS outperforms Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H by 14% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 5791
Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS 6266
+8.2%

Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS outperforms Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H by 8% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 34412
Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS 36583
+6.3%

Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS outperforms Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H by 6% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 3.72
+126%
Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS 8.4

Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS outperforms Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H by 126% in wPrime 32.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 21
Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS 22
+3.8%

Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS outperforms Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H by 4% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 2086
+9%
Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS 1913

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H outperforms Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS by 9% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 205
Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS 239
+16.5%

Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS outperforms Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H by 17% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 2.6
Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS 2.82
+8.5%

Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS outperforms Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H by 8% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 9.1
Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS 11.7
+28.6%

Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS outperforms Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H by 29% in TrueCrypt AES.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 5263
Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS 5970
+13.4%

Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS outperforms Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H by 13% in WinRAR 4.0.

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.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 222
+0.2%
Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS 222

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.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 104
+1.1%
Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS 103

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H outperforms Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS by 1% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 14.86 14.74
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 35 Watt

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