AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U and AMD Ryzen 9 5900H processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U

CPU is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 45 Watt
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3008 vs 2977

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 Mar 2021 vs 7 Jan 2021
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	3008 vs 2977

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

Around 5% higher clock speed: 4.6 GHz vs 4.4 GHz
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 20557 vs 17097

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	4.6 GHz vs 4.4 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	20557 vs 17097

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3008

2977

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

17097

20557

Name	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U	AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
PassMark - Single thread mark	3008	2977
PassMark - CPU mark	17097	20557

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U	AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 3	Zen 3
Family	AMD Ryzen PRO
Launch date	16 Mar 2021	7 Jan 2021
OPN Tray	100-000000289
Place in performance rating	520	484
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Performance
Base frequency	1.9 GHz	3.3 GHz
L1 cache	512 KB	512 KB
L2 cache	4 MB	4 MB
L3 cache	16 MB	16 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	7 nm
Maximum core temperature	105 °C
Maximum frequency	4.4 GHz	4.6 GHz
Number of cores	8	8
Number of GPU cores	8
Number of threads	16	16
Unlocked
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266	DDR4-3200
ECC memory support
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory bandwidth		47.68 GB/s
Maximum memory size		128 GB
Graphics
Execution Units	8
Graphics base frequency	2000 MHz
Number of pipelines	512
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 8
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FP6	FP6
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	45 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	16	20
PCI Express revision	3.0	4.0
PCIe configurations		1x16+x4, 2x8+x4, 1x8+2x4+x4
Advanced Technologies
AMD SenseMI
AMD StoreMI technology
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)