AMD Ryzen 5 5600H vs Ryzen 9 4900H

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Combined performance score

Ryzen 9 4900H
12.48
+12.2%

Ryzen 9 4900H outperforms Ryzen 5 5600H by 12% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Ryzen 9 4900H and Ryzen 5 5600H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking540620
Place by popularitynot in top-10038
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Architecture codenameRenoir-H (Zen 2)Cezanne-H (Zen 3)
Release date16 March 2020 (4 years old)12 January 2021 (3 years old)
Current price$1339 no data

Technical specs

Ryzen 9 4900H and Ryzen 5 5600H 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 speed3.3 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz4.2 GHz
L1 cache128K (per core)384 KB
L2 cache512K (per core)3 MB
L3 cache12 MB (shared)16 MB
Chip lithography7 nm7 nm
Die size156 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistors9800 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 4900H and Ryzen 5 5600H 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)54 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 4900H and Ryzen 5 5600H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTDDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 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, SME
AES-NI++
FMAno data+
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 4900H and Ryzen 5 5600H are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 4900H and Ryzen 5 5600H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-4266DDR4, DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth68.27 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

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

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 4900H and Ryzen 5 5600H.

PCIe version3.0no 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 9 4900H 12.48
+12.2%
Ryzen 5 5600H 11.12

Ryzen 9 4900H outperforms Ryzen 5 5600H by 12% in our combined 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 9 4900H 19173
+12.2%
Ryzen 5 5600H 17087

Ryzen 9 4900H outperforms Ryzen 5 5600H by 12% 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 9 4900H 1546
Ryzen 5 5600H 1608
+4%

Ryzen 5 5600H outperforms Ryzen 9 4900H by 4% 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 9 4900H 6774
+17.4%
Ryzen 5 5600H 5770

Ryzen 9 4900H outperforms Ryzen 5 5600H by 17% 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 9 4900H 5946
+2%
Ryzen 5 5600H 5832

Ryzen 9 4900H outperforms Ryzen 5 5600H by 2% 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 9 4900H 40253
+15%
Ryzen 5 5600H 35018

Ryzen 9 4900H outperforms Ryzen 5 5600H by 15% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

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 9 4900H 3.19
+106%
Ryzen 5 5600H 6.58

Ryzen 5 5600H outperforms Ryzen 9 4900H by 106% 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 9 4900H 23
+19.9%
Ryzen 5 5600H 19

Ryzen 9 4900H outperforms Ryzen 5 5600H by 20% 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 9 4900H 1927
+22.5%
Ryzen 5 5600H 1573

Ryzen 9 4900H outperforms Ryzen 5 5600H by 22% 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 9 4900H 193
Ryzen 5 5600H 223
+15.5%

Ryzen 5 5600H outperforms Ryzen 9 4900H by 16% 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 9 4900H 2.24
Ryzen 5 5600H 2.62
+17%

Ryzen 5 5600H outperforms Ryzen 9 4900H by 17% 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 9 4900H 7.4
+0.7%
Ryzen 5 5600H 7.4

Ryzen 9 4900H outperforms Ryzen 5 5600H by 1% 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 9 4900H 4297
Ryzen 5 5600H 7497
+74.5%

Ryzen 5 5600H outperforms Ryzen 9 4900H by 74% in WinRAR 4.0.

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 9 4900H 215
Ryzen 5 5600H 251
+16.8%

Ryzen 5 5600H outperforms Ryzen 9 4900H by 17% in x264 encoding pass 1.

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 9 4900H 111
+16.6%
Ryzen 5 5600H 95

Ryzen 9 4900H outperforms Ryzen 5 5600H by 17% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 12.48 11.12
Integrated graphics card 9.07 7.42
Recency 16 March 2020 12 January 2021
Physical cores 8 6
Threads 16 12
Power consumption (TDP) 54 Watt 45 Watt

The Ryzen 9 4900H is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 5600H in performance tests.


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