Ryzen 5 4680U vs Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U

Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U
2021
8 cores / 16 threads, 15 Watt
11.07
+30.7%

Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U outperforms Ryzen 5 4680U by a substantial 31% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U and Ryzen 5 4680U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking727919
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesCezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Power efficiency67.2951.49
Architecture codenameCezanne-U PRO (Zen 3) (2021)Renoir-U (Zen 2) (2020−2021)
Release date16 March 2021 (3 years ago)13 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U and Ryzen 5 4680U 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads1612
Base clock speed1.9 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz4 GHz
Multiplier1921
L1 cache512 KB384 KB
L2 cache4 MB3 MB
L3 cache16 MB (shared)8 MB
Chip lithography7 nm7 nm
Die size180 mm2156 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C105 °C
Number of transistors10,700 million9800 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U and Ryzen 5 4680U 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 configuration1no data
SocketFP6FP6
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U and Ryzen 5 4680U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsPRO, 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, SMEMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U and Ryzen 5 4680U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U and Ryzen 5 4680U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Maximum memory bandwidthno data68.27 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)AMD Radeon Vega 7

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U and Ryzen 5 4680U.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes8no 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 7 PRO 5850U 11.07
+30.7%
Ryzen 5 4680U 8.47

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.

Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 16948
+30.8%
Ryzen 5 4680U 12959

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.

Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 5817
+9.7%
Ryzen 5 4680U 5301

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.

Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 27430
Ryzen 5 4680U 31826
+16%

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.

Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 8.12
+1%
Ryzen 5 4680U 8.2

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.

Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 17
+6.4%
Ryzen 5 4680U 16

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 1467
+13.6%
Ryzen 5 4680U 1291

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.

Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 227
+33.5%
Ryzen 5 4680U 170

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.

Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 2.67
+33.5%
Ryzen 5 4680U 2

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.

Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 4.2
Ryzen 5 4680U 8.3
+97.6%

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.

Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 6290
+75.9%
Ryzen 5 4680U 3576

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 6889
+19.1%
Ryzen 5 4680U 5785

Blender(-)

Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 345
Ryzen 5 4680U 458
+32.8%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 1436
+33.2%
Ryzen 5 4680U 1078

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 5231
+28.3%
Ryzen 5 4680U 4077

7-Zip

Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 44266
+35.2%
Ryzen 5 4680U 32745

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 260
+31.3%
Ryzen 5 4680U 198

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 11.07 8.47
Integrated graphics card 9.03 7.46
Physical cores 8 6
Threads 16 12

Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U has a 30.7% higher aggregate performance score, 21% faster integrated GPU, and 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads.

The Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 4680U in performance tests.


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