Ryzen 5 230 vs Ryzen 9 4900HS
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 5 230 outperforms Ryzen 9 4900HS by a minimal 4% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Ryzen 9 4900HS and Ryzen 5 230 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 685 | 657 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU) | no data |
| Power efficiency | 32.03 | 41.66 |
| Architecture codename | Renoir (Zen 2) (2020) | Hawk Point (2024−2025) |
| Release date | 7 March 2020 (4 years ago) | 6 January 2025 (less than a year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 9 4900HS and Ryzen 5 230 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) | 6 (Hexa-Core) |
| Threads | 16 | 12 |
| Base clock speed | 3 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.3 GHz | 4.9 GHz |
| Multiplier | 30 | no data |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 8 MB (shared) | 16 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 4 nm |
| Die size | 156 mm2 | 178 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 9,800 million | 25,000 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 9 4900HS and Ryzen 5 230 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 | FP8 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 28 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 4900HS and Ryzen 5 230. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 4900HS and Ryzen 5 230 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 4900HS and Ryzen 5 230. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-4266 | DDR5 |
| 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 Compare | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1750 MHz) | AMD Radeon 760M |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 4900HS and Ryzen 5 230.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 20 |
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 11.80 | 12.28 |
| Integrated graphics card | 8.95 | 14.80 |
| Recency | 7 March 2020 | 6 January 2025 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 6 |
| Threads | 16 | 12 |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 28 Watt |
Ryzen 9 4900HS has 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads.
Ryzen 5 230, on the other hand, has a 4.1% higher aggregate performance score, 65.4% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 4 years, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 25% lower power consumption.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Ryzen 9 4900HS and Ryzen 5 230.
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