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AMD Ryzen 9 4900H vs AMD Ryzen 3 4300U vs AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS

AMD Ryzen 9 4900H

► remove from comparison AMD R9 4900H

The AMD Ryzen 9 4900H is a mobile SoC for big laptops based on the Renoir architecture. At the time of announcement in March 2020 it is the fastest model of the 4000H series. The R9 4900H integrates all eight cores based on the Zen 2 microarchitecture. They are clocked at 3.3 (guaranteed base clock) to  4.4 GHz (Turbo) and support SMT / Hyperthreading (16 threads). The chip is manufactured in the modern 7 nm process at TSMC and partly thanks to it AMD advertises a 2x improved performance per Watt for the Renoir chips

According to our information, the Ryzen 9 4900H is only slightly faster than the Ryzen 7 4800H. The CPU is clocked 400 MHz (base +14%) to 200 MHz (boost +5%) higher, but the gains greatly depend on the cooling and TDP settings. Compared to Intel chips, the i9-9980HK top model should be comparable. That means the Ryzen 9 4900H should be able to handle all demanding tasks and gaming.

In addition to the eight CPU cores, the APU also integrates a Radeon RX Vega 8 integrated graphics card with 8 CUs. The dual channel memory controller supports DDR4-3200 and energy efficient LPDDR4-4266 RAM. Furthermore, 12 MB level 3 cache can be found on the chip. See our hub page on the Renoir Processors for more information.

The TDP of the APU is specified at 45 Watt (default). That means the chip is intended for big and relatively heavy laptops.

AMD Ryzen 3 4300U

► remove from comparison AMD R3 4300U

The AMD Ryzen 3 4300U is a processor for thin and light laptops based on the Renoir family. The 4300U integrates four cores based on the Zen 2 microarchitecture (quad core CPU). They are clocked at 2.7 (guaranteed base clock) to 3.7 GHz (Turbo) without SMT / Hyperthreading support (4 threads). The chip is manufactured on the modern 7 nm TSMC process and partly thanks to it AMD advertises a 2x improved performance per Watt for the Renoir chips. Compared to the faster Ryzen 5 4000 CPUs (e.g., Ryzen 5 4600U), the Ryzen 3 only offers 4 cores and lower Turbo clock speeds.

In addition to the four CPU cores, the APU also has the Radeon RX Vega 5 integrated graphics card with 5 CUs and up to 1400 MHz. The dual channel memory controller supports DDR4-3200 and energy efficient LPDDR4-4266 RAM. Furthermore, 4 MB of Level 3 cache can be found on the chip. See our hub page on the Renoir Processors for more information.

Performance

The average 4300U in our database matches the Core i5-1035G4 and the Core i5-11300H, both quad-core chips, in multi-thread performance. Technically a lower mid-range CPU, this Ryzen is light years ahead of Intel Pentiums and AMD Athlons that so many sub-US$500 laptops ship with.

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

Power consumption

The Ryzen 3 series chip has a default TDP (also known as the long-term power limit) of 15 W, a value that laptop manufacturers are free to change to anything between 10 W and 25 W with performance and clock speeds changing accordingly as a result. By going for the lowest value, it is possible to build passively cooled tablets, laptops, mini-PCs around this APU.

The 7 nm TSMC process the Ryzen 3 4300U is manufactured on makes for average, as of mid 2023, energy efficiency.

AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS

► remove from comparison AMD R5 4600HS

The AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS is a mobile SoC for big laptops based on the Renoir architecture. The 4600HS 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). The chip is manufactured on the modern 7 nm TSMC process and partly thanks to it AMD advertises a 2x improved performance per Watt for the Renoir chips. Compared to the similar named Ryzen 5 4600H, the 4600HS is the power efficient version with a TDP of 35 Watt (10 Watt less).

Due to the two deactivated cores and the slower Turbo clock speed, the Ryzen 5 4600HS should be significantly slower than the Ryzen 7 4800HS. The old top model Ryzen 7 3750H is still clearly slower due to the four Zen+ cores. Compared to the competition, the Intel Core i7-8850H (6-core Coffee Lake 2.6 - 4.3 GHz) should offer a similar performance.

In addition to the six CPU cores, the APU also integrates a Radeon RX Vega 6 integrated graphics card 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.

The TDP of the APU is specified at 35 Watt (default). Although the TDP is 10 Watt lower than the Ryzen 5 4600H, the chip is still intended for big and relatively heavy laptops. 

ModelAMD Ryzen 9 4900HAMD Ryzen 3 4300UAMD Ryzen 5 4600HS
SeriesAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
CodenameRenoir-H (Zen 2)Renoir-U (Zen 2)Renoir-HS (Zen 2)
Series: Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU) Renoir-HS (Zen 2)
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H « 3.3 - 4.4 GHz8 / 16 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H2.9 - 4.2 GHz8 / 16 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4600H3 - 4 GHz6 / 12 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 4980U2 - 4.4 GHz8 / 16 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 4800U1.8 - 4.2 GHz8 / 16 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U2 - 4.1 GHz8 / 8 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4680U2.2 - 4 GHz6 / 12 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U2.1 - 4 GHz6 / 12 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U2.3 - 4 GHz6 / 6 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U « 2.7 - 3.7 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS2.9 - 4.2 GHz8 / 16 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS « 3 - 4 GHz6 / 12 cores8 MB L3
Clock3300 - 4400 MHz2700 - 3700 MHz3000 - 4000 MHz
L1 Cache512 KB256 KB384 KB
L2 Cache4 MB2 MB3 MB
L3 Cache8 MB4 MB8 MB
Cores / Threads8 / 164 / 46 / 12
TDP45 Watt15 Watt35 Watt
Technology7 nm7 nm7 nm
max. Temp.105 °C105 °C105 °C
SocketFP6FP6FP6
FeaturesDDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA, SHADDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
iGPUAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1750 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 5 ( - 1400 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1500 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
Announced
Manufacturerwww.amd.comwww.amd.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R9 4900H
35.4 pt (49%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R3 4300U
28.4 pt (39%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 11416     avg: 11604     median: 11604 (11%)     max: 11792 Points
3571 Points (3%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1290     avg: 1294     median: 1294 (55%)     max: 1298 Points
1074 Points (46%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 482     avg: 493.5     median: 493.5 (55%)     max: 505 Points
min: 412     avg: 420.3     median: 422 (47%)     max: 427 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 4233     avg: 4409     median: 4409 (11%)     max: 4585 Points
min: 1432     avg: 1537     median: 1571 (4%)     max: 1609 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1886     avg: 1927     median: 1926.5 (12%)     max: 1967 Points
min: 545     avg: 563     median: 562.5 (4%)     max: 580 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 192     avg: 193     median: 193 (58%)     max: 194 Points
min: 162.8     avg: 163.9     median: 163.9 (49%)     max: 165 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
23 Points (30%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
2.2 Points (56%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
5946 Points (36%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
40253 Points (29%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
65380 Points (45%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
10173 Points (12%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
82.9 s (1%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
3.2 s (1%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
4297 Points (7%)
2397 Points (4%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
48976 MIPS (28%)
min: 15043     avg: 15824     median: 15824 (9%)     max: 16605 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
4727 MIPS (57%)
min: 4014     avg: 4064     median: 4063.5 (49%)     max: 4113 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
111 fps (39%)
35 fps (12%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
215 fps (50%)
172.3 fps (40%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
12.9 fps (23%)
min: 4.37     avg: 4.9     median: 4.9 (9%)     max: 5.36 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
1.2 GB/s (36%)
0.3 GB/s (10%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
2 GB/s (34%)
0.6 GB/s (10%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
7.4 GB/s (19%)
3.2 GB/s (8%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
min: 1310     avg: 1414     median: 1413.5 (18%)     max: 1517 Seconds
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
247.3 Seconds (2%)
min: 868     avg: 888     median: 887.5 (6%)     max: 907 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
0.6 sec (12%)
min: 0.652     avg: 0.7     median: 0.7 (14%)     max: 0.686 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
6068 Points (13%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
9.5 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
24.1 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
729 s (3%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
64532 Points (57%)
20566 Points (18%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
12199 Points (33%)
6487 Points (18%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
63266 Points (51%)
57907 Points (47%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
63416 Points (51%)
63885 Points (52%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
69343 Points (58%)
66341 Points (56%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
15719 Points (40%)
5660 Points (14%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
20613 Points (37%)
8220 Points (15%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
6523 Points (27%)
2874 Points (12%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1230     avg: 1232     median: 1231.5 (52%)     max: 1233 Points
min: 1027     avg: 1047     median: 1046.5 (44%)     max: 1066 Points
1100 Points (46%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 7224     avg: 8012     median: 8012 (14%)     max: 8800 Points
min: 3330     avg: 3439     median: 3438.5 (6%)     max: 3547 Points
6345 Points (11%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
1237 Points (5%)
1036 Points (5%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
7624 Points (24%)
3358 Points (11%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
5287 Points (53%)
4517 Points (45%)
4630 Points (46%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
28402 Points (32%)
13503 Points (15%)
20170 Points (22%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
4404 Points (60%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
12789 Points (31%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
13134 Points (23%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
4042 Points (79%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
13741 Points (22%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
4291 Points (64%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
8680 Points (70%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
6660 Points (60%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
14171 Points (28%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
11775 Points (24%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
11281 Points (30%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
767 ms (1%)
min: 907     avg: 974     median: 973.5 (1%)     max: 1040 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
102.5 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
33152 Points (30%)
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
152.3 Points (44%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
227 Points (47%)
min: 185     avg: 194     median: 194 (40%)     max: 203 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
871 Points (33%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
73.2 Watt (13%)
33.4 Watt (6%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
105.3 Watt (19%)
31.7 Watt (6%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
18.7 Points per Watt (14%)
18.3 Points per Watt (14%)

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 9 4900H → 100% n=4

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 3 4300U → 65% n=4

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS → 82% n=4

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