AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS vs AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS and AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS 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 10 month(s) later
  • Around 7% higher clock speed: 4.6 GHz vs 4.3 GHz
  • Around 33% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 26% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3275 vs 2604
  • Around 16% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 22138 vs 19042
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 Jan 2021 vs 7 Mar 2020
Maximum frequency 4.6 GHz vs 4.3 GHz
L3 cache 16 MB vs 12 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3275 vs 2604
PassMark - CPU mark 22138 vs 19042

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS

  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 32% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score: 8230 vs 6228
Specifications (specs)
L1 cache 1 MB vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 8230 vs 6228

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3275
2604
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
22138
19042
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score
CPU 1
CPU 2
6228
8230
Name AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
PassMark - Single thread mark 3275 2604
PassMark - CPU mark 22138 19042
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 6228 8230

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 3 Zen 2
Launch date 7 Jan 2021 7 Mar 2020
Place in performance rating 659 819
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

Base frequency 3.3 GHz 3.0 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 4.3 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 35 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20
PCI Express revision 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™)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI