AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 4800H

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX and AMD Ryzen 7 4800H 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 5900HX

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 10% higher clock speed: 4.6 GHz vs 4.2 GHz
  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 22% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3196 vs 2617
  • Around 22% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 22620 vs 18594
  • Around 14% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score: 6544 vs 5742
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs 6 Jan 2020
Maximum frequency 4.6 GHz vs 4.2 GHz
L3 cache 16 MB vs 8 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3196 vs 2617
PassMark - CPU mark 22620 vs 18594
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 6544 vs 5742

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 4800H

  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
L1 cache 1 MB vs 512 KB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 7 4800H

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3196
2617
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
22620
18594
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score
CPU 1
CPU 2
6544
5742
Name AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
PassMark - Single thread mark 3196 2617
PassMark - CPU mark 22620 18594
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 6544 5742

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX AMD Ryzen 7 4800H

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 3 Zen 2
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 6 Jan 2020
Place in performance rating 662 916
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop
OPN Tray 100-000000098

Performance

Base frequency 3.3 GHz 2.9 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB 1 MB
L2 cache 4 MB 4 MB
L3 cache 16 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 7 nm
Maximum frequency 4.6 GHz 4.2 GHz
Number of cores 8 8
Number of threads 16 16
Unlocked
Maximum core temperature 105 °C
Number of GPU cores 7

Memory

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

Compatibility

Sockets supported FP6 FP6
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 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
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