Ryzen 9 4900HS vs Ryzen 5 2600

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 2600
2018
6 cores / 12 threads, 65 Watt
8.53
Ryzen 9 4900HS
2020
8 cores / 16 threads, 35 Watt
12.31
+44.3%

Ryzen 9 4900HS outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by a considerable 44% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 2600 and Ryzen 9 4900HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking828575
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation19.55no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Architecture codenamePinnacle Riege (Zen+)Renoir (Zen 2) (2020−2021)
Release date19 April 2018 (6 years ago)7 March 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199no data
Current price$147 (0.7x MSRP)$1339

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 2600 and Ryzen 9 4900HS 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1216
Base clock speed3.4 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz4.3 GHz
L1 cache96K (per core)128K (per core)
L2 cache3 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography12 nm7 nm
Die size192 mm2156 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °C105 °C
Number of transistors4,800 million9800 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2600 and Ryzen 9 4900HS 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketAM4FP6
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2600 and Ryzen 9 4900HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsDDR4-2933 RAM, PCIe 3, 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, SMEXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI++
FMA+no data
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2600 and Ryzen 9 4900HS are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2600 and Ryzen 9 4900HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4-4266
Maximum memory size128 GB64 GB
Max memory channels24
Maximum memory bandwidth46.933 GB/s68.27 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2600 and Ryzen 9 4900HS.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes20no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 5 2600 8.53
Ryzen 9 4900HS 12.31
+44.3%

Ryzen 9 4900HS outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 44% based on our aggregated benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Ryzen 5 2600 13200
Ryzen 9 4900HS 19036
+44.2%

Ryzen 9 4900HS outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 44% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 5 2600 1153
Ryzen 9 4900HS 1453
+26%

Ryzen 9 4900HS outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 26% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 5 2600 4848
Ryzen 9 4900HS 6379
+31.6%

Ryzen 9 4900HS outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 32% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Ryzen 5 2600 4726
Ryzen 9 4900HS 5866
+24.1%

Ryzen 9 4900HS outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 24% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Ryzen 5 2600 28173
Ryzen 9 4900HS 37938
+34.7%

Ryzen 9 4900HS outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 35% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Ryzen 5 2600 9290
Ryzen 9 4900HS 12448
+34%

Ryzen 9 4900HS outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 34% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Ryzen 5 2600 5.5
Ryzen 9 4900HS 3.28
+67.7%

Ryzen 5 2600 outperforms Ryzen 9 4900HS by 68% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Ryzen 5 2600 14
Ryzen 9 4900HS 18
+32.8%

Ryzen 9 4900HS outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 33% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 5 2600 1248
Ryzen 9 4900HS 1863
+49.3%

Ryzen 9 4900HS outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 49% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 5 2600 157
Ryzen 9 4900HS 193
+22.7%

Ryzen 9 4900HS outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 23% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Ryzen 5 2600 1.76
Ryzen 9 4900HS 2.23
+26.7%

Ryzen 9 4900HS outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 27% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 5 2600 7.5
Ryzen 9 4900HS 11.2
+49.3%

Ryzen 9 4900HS outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 49% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 5 2600 4517
Ryzen 9 4900HS 4548
+0.7%

Ryzen 9 4900HS outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 1% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 5 2600 75
Ryzen 9 4900HS 106
+41.3%

Ryzen 9 4900HS outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 41% in x264 encoding pass 2.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 5 2600 205
Ryzen 9 4900HS 223
+8.6%

Ryzen 9 4900HS outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 9% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.53 12.31
Recency 19 April 2018 7 March 2020
Physical cores 6 8
Threads 12 16
Chip lithography 12 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt

The Ryzen 9 4900HS is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 2600 in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 5 2600 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 9 4900HS is a notebook one.


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