AMD Ryzen 9 4900H vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 4900H and AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 4900H

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • 8 more threads: 16 vs 8
  • Around 22% higher clock speed: 4.4 GHz vs 3.6 GHz
  • Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 105 °C vs 95°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • 2.7x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 3x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 51% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2706 vs 1788
  • 2.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 19167 vs 6660
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 16 Mar 2020 vs 10 January 2018
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Number of threads 16 vs 8
Maximum frequency 4.4 GHz vs 3.6 GHz
Maximum core temperature 105 °C vs 95°C
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
L1 cache 1 MB vs 384 KB
L2 cache 4 MB vs 2 MB
L3 cache 12 MB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2706 vs 1788
PassMark - CPU mark 19167 vs 6660

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U

  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 45 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 45 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2706
1788
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
19167
6660
Name AMD Ryzen 9 4900H AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U
PassMark - Single thread mark 2706 1788
PassMark - CPU mark 19167 6660
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 8370
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 704
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2503
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 25.516
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 376.268
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.115
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 30.83
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 101.686
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1569
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5962
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1569
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 5962

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 9 4900H AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Zen
Launch date 16 Mar 2020 10 January 2018
Place in performance rating 773 746
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop
Family AMD Ryzen PRO Processors
OPN Tray YM250BC4T4MFB
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series AMD Ryzen 5 PRO Mobile Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics

Performance

Base frequency 3.3 GHz 2 GHz
L1 cache 1 MB 384 KB
L2 cache 4 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 12 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 105 °C 95°C
Maximum frequency 4.4 GHz 3.6 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of GPU cores 8 8
Number of threads 16 8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size 246 mm
Transistor count 4500 Million

Memory

Supported memory types DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266 DDR4
Max memory channels 2
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 35-54 Watt 12-25 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FP6 FP5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 15 Watt
Thermal Solution Not included

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0

Advanced Technologies

Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
AMD SenseMI
The "Zen" Core Architecture

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)

Graphics

Graphics max frequency 1100 MHz
iGPU core count 8
Processor graphics Radeon Vega 8 Graphics