Ryzen 9 5900H vs Ryzen 9 4900HS
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 9 5900H outperforms Ryzen 9 4900HS by a small 9% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Ryzen 9 4900HS and Ryzen 9 5900H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 652 | 591 |
| 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 | 32.21 | 27.20 |
| Architecture codename | Renoir (Zen 2) (2020) | Cezanne U (Zen 3) (2021−2022) |
| Release date | 7 March 2020 (4 years ago) | 7 January 2021 (3 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 9 4900HS and Ryzen 9 5900H 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 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.3 GHz | 4.6 GHz |
| Multiplier | 30 | no data |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 512 KB |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | 4 MB |
| L3 cache | 8 MB (shared) | 16 MB |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 7 nm |
| Die size | 156 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 9,800 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 9 4900HS and Ryzen 9 5900H 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 | no data |
| Socket | FP6 | FP6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 45 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 4900HS and Ryzen 9 5900H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 4900HS and Ryzen 9 5900H are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 4900HS and Ryzen 9 5900H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-4266 | no data |
| 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) ( - 1750 MHz) | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 4900HS and Ryzen 9 5900H.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no 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.
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 | 11.92 | 12.94 |
| Recency | 7 March 2020 | 7 January 2021 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 45 Watt |
Ryzen 9 4900HS has 28.6% lower power consumption.
Ryzen 9 5900H, on the other hand, has a 8.6% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 10 months.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Ryzen 9 4900HS and Ryzen 9 5900H.
Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 9 4900HS and Ryzen 9 5900H, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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