AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

Overall Score
48/100
GRADE D · Poor
[ EXPERT VERDICT · SUMMARY ]

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX is an engineering-tested processors achieving an overall rating of 48/100. It is positioned for balanced everyday compute and power efficiency.

Benchmark Performance Scores

Normalized 0–100 Scale
Efficiency
61/100
Rating: Average
Performance
57/100
Rating: Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications for AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
Specification Value
Base Frequency (P) 3.3 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared)
Multiplier 33x
P-Cores 8
P-Threads 16
Total Cores 8
Total Threads 16
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.6 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier Yes

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications for AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
Specification Value
Background blur 40.2 images/sec
Clang compilation 69 Klines/sec
File compression 734.8 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 145.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 256.9 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 61 images/sec
Ray tracing 17.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 206.4 pages/sec

General

General specifications for AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
Specification Value
Codename Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Instruction Set x86-64
Integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 8
Intel Equivalent -Intel Core i9 11980HK
Released January 12, 2021
Successor -AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX
Type Laptop
Vendor Amd

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications for AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
Specification Value
ECC Support Yes
Max. Memory Bandwidth 68.27 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 64 GB
Memory Channels 2
Memory Types - DDR4-3200- LPDDR4-4266

Misc

Misc specifications for AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
Specification Value
Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX official page
PCI Express Lanes 16
PCI Express Version 3.0
Technologies - Compute: BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA- Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT- Virtualization: AMD-V- Security: EVP, SMAP, SMEP

Package

Package specifications for AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
Specification Value
Fabrication Process 7 nm
Peak Temperature 105°C
Socket FP6
TDP (PL1) 35-54 W (configurable)

PassMark

PassMark specifications for AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
Specification Value
Data compression 284.2 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 17.9 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 19.3B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 52M Primes/sec
Floating point math 47 GOps/sec
Integer math 85.1 GOps/sec
Physics 894 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 29.7M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications for AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
Specification Value
Blender / Watt 3.28 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 157.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 407.4 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications for AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
Specification Value
Execution Units 8
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2100 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon RX Vega 8
ROPs 8
Shading Units 512
TGP 25 W
TMUs 32

Strengths & Limitations

Key Advantages

  • Comprehensive positive benchmark metrics recorded.

Key Considerations

  • No major hardware limitations flagged during benchmark run.

Direct Competitors & Alternatives

Methodology, Provenance & Verification

Score version 2026.1 · Data verified 2026-08-26 · Source: official manufacturer datasheets and standardized reproducible benchmark suites (Geekbench 6, Cinebench R24, 3DMark).

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