AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS vs AMD Ryzen 9 4900H

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS and AMD Ryzen 9 4900H processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics interfaces. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS

  • CPU is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
  • Around 5% higher clock speed: 4.6 GHz vs 4.4 GHz
  • Around 33% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 45 Watt
  • Around 21% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3275 vs 2707
  • Around 15% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 22138 vs 19173
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 Jan 2021 vs 16 Mar 2020
Maximum frequency 4.6 GHz vs 4.4 GHz
L3 cache 16 MB vs 12 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3275 vs 2707
PassMark - CPU mark 22138 vs 19173

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 4900H

  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 34% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score: 8370 vs 6228
Specifications (specs)
L1 cache 1 MB vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 8370 vs 6228

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 9 4900H

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3275
2707
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
22138
19173
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score
CPU 1
CPU 2
6228
8370
Name AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
PassMark - Single thread mark 3275 2707
PassMark - CPU mark 22138 19173
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 6228 8370

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS AMD Ryzen 9 4900H

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 3 Zen 2
Launch date 7 Jan 2021 16 Mar 2020
Place in performance rating 658 771
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

Base frequency 3.3 GHz 3.3 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB 1 MB
L2 cache 4 MB 4 MB
L3 cache 16 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 7 nm
Maximum frequency 4.6 GHz 4.4 GHz
Number of cores 8 8
Number of threads 16 16
Unlocked
Maximum core temperature 105 °C
Number of GPU cores 8

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 47.68 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266

Compatibility

Sockets supported FP6 FP6
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 45 Watt
Configurable TDP 35-54 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0
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™)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI