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AMD Ryzen 5 4600H vs Intel Core i7-9850H

AMD Ryzen 5 4600H

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The AMD Ryzen 5 4600H is a mobile SoC for big laptops based on the Renoir architecture. The 4600H integrates six of the eight cores based on the Zen 2 microarchitecture. They are clocked at 3 (guaranteed base clock) to 4 GHz (Turbo) and support SMT / Hyperthreading (12 threads).

In addition to the six CPU cores, the APU also integrates a Radeon RX Vega 6 integrated graphics adapter with 6 CUs and up to 1500 MHz. The dual channel memory controller supports DDR4-3200 and energy efficient LPDDR4-4266 RAM. Furthermore, 8 MB level 3 cache can be found on the chip. See our hub page on the Renoir Processors for more information.

Performance

The average 4600H in our database matches the Intel Core i7-10875H and even the Core i9-10885H, both significantly more costly chips, in multi-thread performance, giving this Ryzen an outrageously high price-to-performance ratio.

Your mileage may vary depending on how high the CPU power limits are and how competent the cooling solution of your system is.

Power consumption

The Ryzen 5 chip has a default TDP (also known as the long-term power limit) of 45 W, a value that laptop makers are free to change to anything between 35 W and 54 W with clock speed and performance changing accordingly as a result. Either way, a high-performance cooling solution is a must for a CPU like this.

The 7 nm TSMC process this APU is built with makes for better-than-average, as of early 2022, energy efficiency.

Intel Core i7-9850H

► remove from comparison Intel i7-9850H

The Intel Core i7-9850H is a high-end processor for laptops with six cores based on the Coffee Lake architecture (2019 refresh, CFL-HR). The processor clocks at between 2.6 and 4.6 GHz (4 GHz with 6 cores) and can execute up to twelve threads simultaneously thanks to Hyper-Threading. According to Intel, the CPU is manufactured in an improved 14nm (14nm++) process. Compared to the predecessor, the Core i7-8850H, the 9850H offers only improved clock rates.

The Coffee Lake architecture is similar to Kaby Lake and differs only in the amount of cores (now six cores for the high end versions) and the improved 14nm process (14nm++ according to Intel).

Performance

Due to the two additional cores, performance has increased by almost 50% compared to a similar clocked Kaby Lake processor like the Core i7-7920HQ (3.1 - 4.1 GHz). Single-core performance has not improved since its Kaby Lake predecessor. Compared to the i7-8850H, the performance improved only slightly.

Graphics

The integrated Intel UHD Graphics 630 iGPU is supposed to offer a slightly higher performance as its clock rate has been increased by 50 MHz (rumored). The architecture is identical to that of the Intel HD Graphics 630. We do expect a performance improvement, but as a low-end solution it will probably only display current games smoothly at reduced details - if at all.

Power Consumption

Intel specifies the TDP with 45 watts and therefore the i7 is only suited for big laptops with good cooling solutions. Using cTDP-down, the CPU can also be configured to 35 Watt resulting in a reduced performance.

ModelAMD Ryzen 5 4600HIntel Core i7-9850H
SeriesAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)Intel Coffee Lake
CodenameRenoir-H (Zen 2)Coffee Lake-H
Series: Coffee Lake Coffee Lake-H
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H compare3.3 - 4.4 GHz8 / 16 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H compare2.9 - 4.2 GHz8 / 16 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4600H « 3 - 4 GHz6 / 12 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i9-9980HK compare2.4 - 5 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i9-9880H compare2.3 - 4.8 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i9-8950HK compare2.9 - 4.8 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Xeon E-2186M compare2.9 - 4.8 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Xeon E-2276M compare2.8 - 4.7 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-9850H « 2.6 - 4.6 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-9750H compare2.6 - 4.5 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Xeon E-2176M compare2.7 - 4.4 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-8850H compare2.6 - 4.3 GHz6 / 12 cores9 MB L3
Intel Core i7-8750H compare2.2 - 4.1 GHz6 / 12 cores9 MB L3
Intel Core i5-9400H compare2.5 - 4.3 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-9300HF compare2.4 - 4.1 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-9300H compare2.4 - 4.1 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-8400H compare2.5 - 4.2 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-8300H compare2.3 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i3-8100H compare3 GHz4 / 4 cores8 MB L3
Clock3000 - 4000 MHz2600 - 4600 MHz
L1 Cache384 KB384 KB
L2 Cache3 MB1.5 MB
L3 Cache8 MB12 MB
Cores / Threads6 / 126 / 12
TDP45 Watt45 Watt
Technology7 nm14 nm
max. Temp.105 °C
SocketFP6FCBGA1440
FeaturesDDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEDual-Channel DDR4 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NI
iGPUAMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1500 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 630 (350 - 1150 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
Announced
Manufacturerwww.amd.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R5 4600H
32.4 pt (45%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i7-9850H
32.9 pt (46%)
Cinebench 2024 - CB24 CPU Single Core
69 Points (48%)
Cinebench 2024 - CB24 CPU Multi Core
499 Points (9%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 7713     avg: 8161     median: 8072 (7%)     max: 8786 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1134     avg: 1145     median: 1142.5 (49%)     max: 1161 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 428     avg: 445.3     median: 449.5 (50%)     max: 454 Points
min: 425     avg: 439.5     median: 439.5 (49%)     max: 454 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 3055     avg: 3233     median: 3229.5 (8%)     max: 3393 Points
min: 1800     avg: 2114     median: 2114 (5%)     max: 2428 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1398     avg: 1428     median: 1425 (9%)     max: 1467 Points
min: 1114     avg: 1205     median: 1230 (8%)     max: 1272 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 172.1     avg: 176.5     median: 176 (53%)     max: 179 Points
min: 192     avg: 193.8     median: 193 (58%)     max: 196.5 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
16.3 Points (21%)
12.5 Points (16%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
2 Points (51%)
2.1 Points (53%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
5365 Points (32%)
7169 Points (43%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
32756 Points (24%)
31938 Points (23%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
42090 Points (29%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
9224 Points (11%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
278 s (3%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
8.3 s (2%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
4380 Points (7%)
5621 Points (9%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 36693     avg: 37768     median: 37642.5 (22%)     max: 38873 MIPS
min: 25786     avg: 29714     median: 31087 (18%)     max: 32268 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 4334     avg: 4395     median: 4397 (53%)     max: 4471 MIPS
min: 5020     avg: 5066     median: 5086 (61%)     max: 5092 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
82.9 fps (29%)
68.3 fps (24%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
197 fps (45%)
201.3 fps (46%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 9.27     avg: 9.8     median: 9.8 (17%)     max: 10.4 fps
min: 7     avg: 8.4     median: 9 (16%)     max: 9.1 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
0.8 GB/s (0%)
0.8 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
1.4 GB/s (24%)
1.2 GB/s (21%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
5 GB/s (13%)
7.4 GB/s (19%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
631 Seconds (8%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 337.2     avg: 351.9     median: 352 (2%)     max: 369 Seconds
min: 411     avg: 459.3     median: 415 (3%)     max: 552 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.607     avg: 0.6     median: 0.6 (13%)     max: 0.627 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 9137     avg: 10056     median: 10056 (21%)     max: 10975 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
10.5 s (2%)
8.2 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
24.1 s (1%)
18.1 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
607 s (3%)
467.6 s (2%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 26292     avg: 34763     median: 37665 (33%)     max: 40333 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 10904     avg: 11680     median: 11593.5 (31%)     max: 12640 Points
min: 9987     avg: 11361     median: 11512 (31%)     max: 12585 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 54664     avg: 57802     median: 56870 (46%)     max: 61872 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 61439     avg: 63513     median: 63779 (54%)     max: 65322 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 10548     avg: 11100     median: 11085.5 (28%)     max: 11681 Points
min: 8390     avg: 9853     median: 9841 (25%)     max: 11328 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 17769     avg: 18050     median: 18021.5 (32%)     max: 18378 Points
min: 14059     avg: 15802     median: 15330 (27%)     max: 18016 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 5496     avg: 6170     median: 6251 (26%)     max: 6792 Points
min: 4588     avg: 5605     median: 5953 (25%)     max: 6275 Points
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core
1525 Points (46%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core
6631 Points (26%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1099     avg: 1115     median: 1117 (47%)     max: 1124 Points
1150 Points (49%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 5260     avg: 6057     median: 6080 (11%)     max: 6574 Points
5270 Points (9%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1135     avg: 1169     median: 1169 (5%)     max: 1203 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 5353     avg: 5620     median: 5619.5 (18%)     max: 5886 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
4964 Points (50%)
min: 5320     avg: 5509     median: 5594 (56%)     max: 5614 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
25247 Points (28%)
min: 18098     avg: 22010     median: 23715 (26%)     max: 24218 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
4605 Points (63%)
5376 Points (73%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
20939 Points (51%)
20077 Points (49%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 844     avg: 849     median: 848.5 (1%)     max: 855 ms
min: 1010     avg: 1018     median: 1015 (1%)     max: 1028 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 46066     avg: 47138     median: 47137.5 (42%)     max: 48209 Points
min: 38630     avg: 39090     median: 39091 (35%)     max: 39548 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 198     avg: 206     median: 207 (43%)     max: 212 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
1061 Points (41%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
66.4 Watt (11%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
66.4 Watt (12%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
21.1 Points per Watt (16%)

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 4600H → 100% n=33

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-9850H → 99% n=33

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