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

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U and AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

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

Launch date	16 Mar 2021 vs 12 Jan 2021
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 45 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

Around 5% higher clock speed: 4.6 GHz vs 4.4 GHz
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3184 vs 2965
Around 30% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 22393 vs 17242

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	4.6 GHz vs 4.4 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	3184 vs 2965
PassMark - CPU mark	22393 vs 17242

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2965

3184

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

17242

22393

Name	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
PassMark - Single thread mark	2965	3184
PassMark - CPU mark	17242	22393
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		6505

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 3	Zen 3
Family	AMD Ryzen PRO
Launch date	16 Mar 2021	12 Jan 2021
OPN Tray	100-000000289
Place in performance rating	636	660
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	DDR4-4266
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™)