Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 9 6900HX outperforms Ryzen 5 3600X on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 6900HX is 918 days newer than Ryzen 5 3600X.
Advantages of Ryzen 9 6900HX
- Performs up to 4% better in Sea of Thieves than Ryzen 5 3600X - 251 vs 241 FPS
- Consumes up to 53% less energy than AMD Ryzen 5 3600X - 45 vs 95 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 3600X - 16 vs 12 threads
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 5 3600X doesn't have integrated graphics
Sea of Thieves
Resolution
1920 x 1080
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My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
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Ryzen 5 3600X
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Ryzen 9 6900HX
Mobile • Jan 10th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Ryzen 5 3600X | vs | Ryzen 9 6900HX |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 7th, 2019 | Release Date | Jan 10th, 2022 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Matisse | Codename | Rembrandt |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | AMD Socket FP7 |
Desktop | Segment | Mobile |
| 6 | Cores | 8 |
| 12 | Threads | 16 |
3.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
| 4.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.9 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 45 W |
| 7 nm | Process Size | 6 nm |
38.0x | Multiplier | 33.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | Radeon 680M |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
