[Comparison] AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Intel Core i7-10870H – the Ryzen 9 shows its supremacy, but the Core i7 isn’t that far behind, especially in Photoshop

LaptopMedia.com Comparisons [Comparison] AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Intel Core i7-10870H - the Ryzen 9 shows its supremacy, but the Core i7 isn't that far behind, especially in Photoshop

From: Severin Kolakov 21 March 2021 / 02:55 | 0

The best of the best CPUs are set to collide in this comparison. As the new Zen 3-based Ryzen 5000-series processors are already on the market, we thought of comparing the best one that this new CPU family has to offer – the Ryzen 9 5900HX, to other high-performing, high-end processors. That is why the Core i7-10870H is here to do today. We are looking to push both of these processors to their limits, and see who will come out on top.

Today we are comparing the AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX against the Intel Core i7-10870H.

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You can learn more about both CPUs here: AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX / Intel Core i7-10870H

Specs table

	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX	Intel Core i7-10870H
Architecture	Zen 3	Comet Lake H
Lithography	7 nm	14 nm
Cores / Threads	8 / 16	8 / 16
Base / Max frequency	3.30 – 4.60GHz	2.20 – 5.00GHz
TDP	45W	35 / 45W
Cache	20 MB	16 MB
Memory type	DDR4-3200MHz, LPDDR4x-4266MHz	DDR4-2933MHz
Integrated graphics	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (R4000/5000, 35/45W)	Intel UHD Graphics 630

CPU benchmarks

The Ryzen 9 5900HX was the better CPU in both of our tests. In the 3D Rendering benchmarks with Cinebench 20, it performed 31% better, and in our Photoshop benchmark, it had a lead of 0.25 seconds.

Conclusion

The Ryzen 9 5900HX is without a doubt the faster processor, however, especially in Photoshop, the Core i7-10870H performed very well and the 0.25 seconds lead that the AMD CPU has isn’t noticeable at all. Where the results are definitely noticeable is in the 3D Rendering benchmarks with Cinebench 20, where the Ryzen CPU performed 31% faster. If your work consists mainly of Photoshop and other image processing applications, and you can find a laptop with the Core i7-10870H for a lower price, you should definitely go for it. Also, keep in mind that when it comes to gaming, the Comet Lake-H architecture is still going to extract the maximum fps out of your system.