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AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
The Ryzen 9 6900HX is the 45W, overclock-unlocked member of AMD's Ryzen 6000 (Rembrandt) laptop range: eight Zen 3+ cores on TSMC 6nm with a 4.9GHz boost, 16MB of L3 cache and a Radeon 680M iGPU with 12 RDNA 2 graphics cores at up to 2.4GHz. Its clocks match the 35W Ryzen 9 6900HS.
Pros
- Eight Zen 3+ cores and 16 threads with a 3.3GHz base and 4.9GHz boost clock
- Unlocked for overclocking, unlike the 35W Ryzen 9 6900HS
- Radeon 680M integrates 12 RDNA 2 graphics cores at up to 2.4GHz
- TSMC 6nm process with DDR5-4800 / LPDDR5-6400 memory and PCIe 4.0
- Averaged about 1,565 (single-core) and 13,300 (multi-core) points in Cinebench R23 in review testing
Cons
- Zen 3+ is a refresh of Zen 3 rather than a new core architecture
- Multi-core Cinebench R23 results ranged from about 9,700 to 15,100 in review testing, depending on the device's power limit and cooling
- No NPU or AI accelerator
- Memory is limited to 64GB
Average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
General
- Announced
- 2022
- Process
- 6 nm
- Base TDP
- 45 W
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 8
- Performance cores
- 8
- Threads
- 16
- Base clock
- 3.3 GHz
- Boost clock
- 4.9 GHz
- L3 cache
- 16 MB
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- AMD Radeon 680M
- iGPU clock
- 2,400 MHz
Memory
- Memory support
- DDR5-4800 / LPDDR5-6400
- Max memory
- 64 GB
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 2,148Bottom 17%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 10,340Bottom 39%
- Cinebench R23 (single)
- 1,565Bottom 26%
- Cinebench R23 (multi)
- 13,307Bottom 49%
- PassMark
- 24,010Top 45%
- PassMark (single thread)
- 3,361Bottom 28%
- 3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU)
- 2,303Top 35%
Quick answers
Is the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX good in 2026?
The AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX earns an Inno Score of 50.7/100 (“Average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. The Ryzen 9 6900HX is the 45W, overclock-unlocked member of AMD's Ryzen 6000 (Rembrandt) laptop range: eight Zen 3+ cores on TSMC 6nm with a 4.9GHz boost, 16MB of L3 cache and a Radeon 680M iGPU with 12 RDNA 2 graphics cores at up to 2.4GHz. Its clocks match the 35W Ryzen 9 6900HS.
Does the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX count as "Core i7 or equivalent"?
Its PassMark CPU Mark average is 24,010 (cpubenchmark.net, retrieved Sep 26–Oct 8, 2026), which puts it in Tier A of our CPU tier checker: current Core i7 H / Core Ultra 7 / Ryzen 7 class and above. Requirement pages word this differently, so check the exact wording with your department.
What are the key specs of the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX?
Cores: 8 · Threads: 16 · Boost clock: 4.9 GHz · Base TDP: 45 W
What are the closest alternatives to the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are AMD Ryzen 7 6800H, Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100, AMD Ryzen 7 7445HS — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
