5 330 vs Ryzen 9 5900HS
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 751 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000) | no data |
| Power efficiency | 14.58 | no data |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | TSMC | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Cezanne-HS (Zen 3) (2021) | Wildcat Lake (2026) |
| Release date | 12 January 2021 (5 years ago) | 16 April 2026 (recently) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $309 |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 9 5900HS and Core 5 330 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 | 6 |
| Base clock speed | 3 GHz | 1.5 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.6 GHz | 4.6 GHz |
| Multiplier | 30 | no data |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | 2.5 MB |
| L3 cache | 16 MB (shared) | 6 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 3 nm |
| Die size | 180 mm2 | no data |
| Number of transistors | 10,700 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 9 5900HS and Core 5 330 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 | Intel BGA 1516 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 5900HS and Core 5 330. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | 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 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| SIPP | - | + |
Security technologies
Ryzen 9 5900HS and Core 5 330 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 5900HS and Core 5 330 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 5900HS and Core 5 330. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR5, LPDDR5X |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 2100 MHz) | Intel Xe3 Graphics (2 Xe) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 5900HS and Core 5 330.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 6 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 12 January 2021 | 16 April 2026 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 6 |
| Threads | 16 | 6 |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 3 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 15 Watt |
Ryzen 9 5900HS has 33% more physical cores and 167% more threads.
Core 5 330, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 133% more advanced lithography process, and 133% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS and Intel Core 5 330. We've got no test results to judge.
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