Early Ryzen 9 6900HS benchmarks put it up to 20% faster than predecessor

The first benchmark results of the Ryzen 9 6900HS benchmark have been spotted on Geekbench and PugetBench databases. As expected, the results fall short of the i9-12900H scores, but in comparison to its predecessor, it might be enough to justify an upgrade.

The Puget Bench results (1, 2) shared by Benchleaks show an Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 equipped with a Ryzen 9 6900HS and an RX 6800S. Despite what it packs, it can't deliver the same performance as an Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 with an i9-12900H and an RTX 3070 Ti. Comparing the scores of both systems, the AMD one has the advantage in the GPU score, suggesting the RX 6800S is more capable than the RTX 3070 Ti for workstation workloads. However, the general score is higher on the Intel-based system, most likely due to a higher CPU score.

Although the Intel CPU looks superior, we should consider that laptop components have different cooling capabilities and configurable TDPs. For example, an Asus ROG Flow 13 with the same Intel processor and an RTX 3080 actually performs worse than the Zephyrus M16, despite the supposedly superior GPU. This could be related to the GPU and CPU's cTDP, as well as other things like thermal throttling or a combination of the two.

A similar G14 laptop has apparently found its way to the Geekbench database, where we found three benchmark results. Putting these scores side-by-side with its predecessor's results, we see a healthy 5-20% performance improvement over the Ryzen 9 5900HS. On the other hand, the i9-12900H looks superior to the upcoming AMD chip, with the Intel processor outperforming the Ryzen 9 APU by up to 25%.

We still haven't seen any Ryzen 6000 system available, but AMD stated they would become available this month.

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KitGuru says: Based on these results, would you choose a laptop running a Ryzen 9 6900HS or one with an Intel i9-12900H?

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