Ultra 5 238V vs Ryzen 9 4900H

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 9 4900H and Core Ultra 5 238V processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking635not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)no data
Power efficiency21.14no data
Architecture codenameRenoir-H (Zen 2) (2020)Lunar Lake (2024)
Release date16 March 2020 (4 years ago)24 September 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 4900H and Core Ultra 5 238V 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads168
Base clock speed3.3 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz4.7 GHz
Bus rateno data37 MHz
Multiplier33no data
L1 cache128K (per core)192 KB (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)2.5 MB (per core)
L3 cache12 MB (shared)8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm3 nm
Die size156 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Number of transistors9800 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 4900H and Core Ultra 5 238V 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 configuration11
SocketFP6Intel BGA 2833
Power consumption (TDP)54 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 4900H and Core Ultra 5 238V. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA, SHAno data
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
TSX-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 9 4900H and Core Ultra 5 238V technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 4900H and Core Ultra 5 238V are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 4900H and Core Ultra 5 238V. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth68.27 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)Arc 130V

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 4900H and Core Ultra 5 238V.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanesno data4

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 March 2020 24 September 2024
Threads 16 8
Chip lithography 7 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 54 Watt 17 Watt

Ryzen 9 4900H has 100% more threads.

Ultra 5 238V, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 217.6% lower power consumption.

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