Ryzen 9 5900HS vs Ryzen 9 4900H

Place in the ranking	630	537
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)	AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency	25.35	36.86
Architecture codename	Renoir-H (Zen 2) (2020)	Cezanne-HS (Zen 3) (2021)
Release date	16 March 2020 (4 years ago)	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 4900H 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	8 (Octa-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	16	16
Base clock speed	3.3 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.4 GHz	4.6 GHz
Multiplier	33	30
L1 cache	512 KB	512 KB
L2 cache	4 MB	4 MB
L3 cache	8 MB	16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	7 nm	7 nm
Die size	156 mm²	180 mm²
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	9800 Million	10,700 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 4900H 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	FP6	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 4900H and Ryzen 9 5900HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA, SHA	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 Ryzen 9 4900H and Ryzen 9 5900HS are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 4900H and Ryzen 9 5900HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	4	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	68.27 GB/s	no data

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 9 4900H and Ryzen 9 5900HS.

PCIe version

3.0

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 12.51

Ryzen 9 5900HS 14.15
+13.1%

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 9 4900H 19150

Ryzen 9 5900HS 21659
+13.1%

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 9 4900H 5946

Ryzen 9 5900HS 6380
+7.3%

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 9 4900H 40253

Ryzen 9 5900HS 41235
+2.4%

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 9 4900H 23

Ryzen 9 5900HS 25
+8.3%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Ryzen 9 4900H 1927

Ryzen 9 5900HS 2041
+5.9%

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 9 4900H 193

Ryzen 9 5900HS 237
+22.5%

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 9 4900H 2.24

Ryzen 9 5900HS 2.83
+26.3%