AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS vs Intel Core i5-4430

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS and Intel Core i5-4430 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Peripherals, Security & Reliability. 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 4900HS

  • CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • 12 more threads: 16 vs 4
  • Around 34% higher clock speed: 4.3 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
  • Around 44% higher maximum core temperature: 105 °C vs 72.72°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 22 nm
  • 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 2.4x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 84 Watt
  • Around 44% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2586 vs 1800
  • 4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 18899 vs 4668
  • 3.2x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score: 8230 vs 2562
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 Mar 2020 vs June 2013
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Number of threads 16 vs 4
Maximum frequency 4.3 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Maximum core temperature 105 °C vs 72.72°C
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 22 nm
L1 cache 1 MB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 12 MB vs 6144 KB (shared)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 84 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2586 vs 1800
PassMark - CPU mark 18899 vs 4668
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 8230 vs 2562

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-4430

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2586
1800
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
18899
4668
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score
CPU 1
CPU 2
8230
2562
Name AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS Intel Core i5-4430
PassMark - Single thread mark 2586 1800
PassMark - CPU mark 18899 4668
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 8230 2562
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 757
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.923
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 57.29
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.315
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 1.72
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 4.712
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1080
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2199
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3451
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1080
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2199
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3451

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS Intel Core i5-4430

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Haswell
Launch date 7 Mar 2020 June 2013
Place in performance rating 760 1866
Vertical segment Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $460
Price now $179.99
Processor Number i5-4430
Series 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 Processors
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 10.34

Performance

Base frequency 3.0 GHz 3.00 GHz
L1 cache 1 MB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 12 MB 6144 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 105 °C 72.72°C
Maximum frequency 4.3 GHz 3.20 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of GPU cores 8
Number of threads 16 4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI2
Die size 177 mm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 72 °C
Transistor count 1400 million

Memory

Supported memory types DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266 DDR3-1333/1600, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.5V
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI
eDP
Number of displays supported 3
VGA
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FP6 FCLGA1150
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 84 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution PCG 2013D

Advanced Technologies

Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Graphics

Device ID 0x412
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.10 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1.1 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 2 GB
Processor graphics Intel® HD Graphics 4600

Graphics image quality

Max resolution over DisplayPort 3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over VGA 1920x1200@60Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 11.2/12
OpenGL 4.3

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision Up to 3.0
PCIe configurations Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability 1S Only

Security & Reliability

Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)