Ryzen 9 5900HS vs A4-3300
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 9 5900HS outperforms A4-3300 by a whopping 2143% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3039 | 685 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000) |
| Power efficiency | 0.35 | 14.61 |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Manufacturer | no data | TSMC |
| Architecture codename | Llano (2011−2012) | Cezanne-HS (Zen 3) (2021) |
| Release date | 7 September 2011 (14 years ago) | 12 January 2021 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
A4-3300 and Ryzen 9 5900HS basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
| Physical cores | 2 (Dual-core) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 16 |
| Base clock speed | 2.5 GHz | 3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.5 GHz | 4.6 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 30 |
| L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 16 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 7 nm |
| Die size | 228 mm2 | 180 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 1,178 million | 10,700 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on A4-3300 and Ryzen 9 5900HS compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | 1 |
| Socket | FM1 | FP6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-3300 and Ryzen 9 5900HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-3300 and Ryzen 9 5900HS are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-3300 and Ryzen 9 5900HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Radeon HD 6410D | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 2100 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A4-3300 and Ryzen 9 5900HS.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 3.0 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.54 | 12.11 |
| Recency | 7 September 2011 | 12 January 2021 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 8 |
| Threads | 2 | 16 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 35 Watt |
Ryzen 9 5900HS has a 2142.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, a 357.1% more advanced lithography process, and 85.7% lower power consumption.
The AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD A4-3300 in performance tests.
Note that A4-3300 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 9 5900HS is a notebook one.
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