AMD Ryzen 9 5900H — Benchmarks & Specs
Bottom line: how fast is the AMD Ryzen 9 5900H?
In PassMark CPU Mark it scores 14,278 points, per PassMark Software.
Every figure above is a row in the tables below, and each row links out to the review or public benchmark database the number was taken from. SpecPicks aggregates published measurements; it does not report first-party benchmark runs.
The AMD Ryzen 9 5900H is a processor from the Zen 3 family from AMD. Data on this page draws on 6 synthetic benchmark results, aggregated from public benchmark databases (TechPowerUp, PassMark, Geekbench, Cinebench) and the LocalLLaMA community. Read this page when shopping the AMD Ryzen 9 5900H, comparing it against other processors in your build, or sizing it for a specific workload (gaming at 1080p/1440p/4K, productivity benchmarks, or local LLM inference).
Synthetic Benchmarks
Higher is better. Bars are scaled within each benchmark family (multi-thread, single-thread, etc.) so you can compare like-with-like at a glance.
| Benchmark | Relative | Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PassMark CPU Mark | 14,278 points | PassMark Software 2026-07-27 | |
| PassMark CPU Mark | 14,172 pts | PassMark 2026-04-20 | |
| Cinebench R23 multi | 12,815 points | TopCPU.net 2026-07-01 | |
| Cinebench R23 multi | 12,733 points | NotebookCheck 2023-08-01 | |
| PassMark Single Thread | 2,180 pts | PassMark 2026-04-20 | |
| Cinebench R23 single | 1,474 points | NotebookCheck 2022-08-01 |
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