AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U vs Ryzen 9 4900HS

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Combined performance score

Ryzen 9 4900HS
12.40
+11.1%

Ryzen 9 4900HS outperforms Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U by 11% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Ryzen 9 4900HS and Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking545618
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Architecture codenameRenoir (Zen 2) (2020−2021)Cezanne-U PRO (Zen 3)
Release date7 March 2020 (4 years old)16 March 2021 (3 years old)
Current price$1339 no data

Technical specs

Ryzen 9 4900HS and Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 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)
Threads1616
Base clock speed3 GHz1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed4.3 GHz4.4 GHz
L1 cache128K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache12 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm7 nm
Die size156 mm2180 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C105 °C
Number of transistors9800 Million10,700 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 4900HS and Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 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
SocketFP6FP6
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 4900HS and Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U. 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, PRO, 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 4900HS and Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 4900HS and Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U. 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.

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

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 4900HS and Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data8

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 4900HS 12.40
+11.1%
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 11.16

Ryzen 9 4900HS outperforms Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U by 11% 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 4900HS 19042
+11.1%
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 17140

Ryzen 9 4900HS outperforms Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U by 11% 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 4900HS 1453
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 1704
+17.3%

Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U outperforms Ryzen 9 4900HS by 17% 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 4900HS 6404
+2.7%
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 6238

Ryzen 9 4900HS outperforms Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U by 3% 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 4900HS 5866
+0.8%
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 5817

Ryzen 9 4900HS outperforms Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U by 1% 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 4900HS 37938
+38.3%
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 27430

Ryzen 9 4900HS outperforms Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U by 38% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Ryzen 9 4900HS 12448
+6.8%
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 11656

Ryzen 9 4900HS outperforms Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U by 7% in 3DMark06 CPU.

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 4900HS 3.28
+148%
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 8.12

Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U outperforms Ryzen 9 4900HS by 148% 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 4900HS 18
+9.5%
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 17

Ryzen 9 4900HS outperforms Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U by 10% 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 4900HS 1863
+27%
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 1467

Ryzen 9 4900HS outperforms Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U by 27% 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 4900HS 193
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 227
+17.6%

Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U outperforms Ryzen 9 4900HS by 18% 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 4900HS 2.23
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 2.67
+19.7%

Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U outperforms Ryzen 9 4900HS by 20% 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 4900HS 11.2
+167%
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 4.2

Ryzen 9 4900HS outperforms Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U by 167% 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 4900HS 4548
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 6290
+38.3%

Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U outperforms Ryzen 9 4900HS by 38% 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 4900HS 223
+2.5%
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 218

Ryzen 9 4900HS outperforms Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U by 2% 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 4900HS 106
+27.1%
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 83

Ryzen 9 4900HS outperforms Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U by 27% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 12.40 11.16
Recency 7 March 2020 16 March 2021
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 15 Watt

The Ryzen 9 4900HS is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U in performance tests.


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