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AMD Ryzen 9 4900H vs AMD Ryzen 5 4680U vs AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS

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 5 4680U

► remove from comparison AMD R5 4680U

The AMD Ryzen 5 4680U is a semi-custom APU of the Renoir family designed for Microsoft devices. The 4680U integrates six CPU cores based on the Zen 2 microarchitecture clocked at 2.2 GHz (base) to 4 GHz (Boost) with SMT support for a total 12 threads. The two advantages a 4680U has over the older Ryzen 5 4600U are its higher base clock speed and a faster iGPU.

Architecture

The chip is manufactured on the modern 7 nm TSMC process and in part thanks to this fact, AMD advertises a 2x performance per watt improvement over the 12 nm Ryzen 3000 mobile processors. The built-in dual-channel memory controller supports LPDDR4-4266 RAM. Furthermore, 8 MB of L3 cache can be found on the chip.

Just like the other mobile Ryzen 4000 CPUs, a 4680U supports PCI-Express 3.0. Please go to our Renoir processor hub page for additional information on the product family.

Performance

Multi-thread performance is most comparable to the Ryzen 7 4700U and the Core i5-10500H, the latter being a much more power-hungry chip. This makes the Ryzen a more than decent CPU for most tasks, as of early 2022.

Graphics

In addition to the six CPU cores, the APU also integrates a DX 12 compatible Radeon RX Vega 7 graphics adapter with 7 CUs (448 unified shaders) at up to 1,500 MHz. The Vega iGPU will have no trouble HW-decoding AVC, HEVC and VP9 videos, but the newer AV1 codec will only be decoded via software. In terms of gaming, we are looking at an MX150-level performance. Pretty much all games released in 2020 can be played on low to medium settings in 720p on this graphics adapter.

Power consumption

This Ryzen 5 series chip has a default TDP (also known as the long-term power limit) of 15 W, a value that laptop makers - Microsoft, in this case - are free to change to anything between 10 W and 25 W, with clock speeds and performance changing accordingly as a result. Indeed, we saw the CPU consume roughly 23 watts when subjected to our usual stress testing routine.

The 7 nm TSMC process this Ryzen is built with makes for very decent, as of mid 2022, energy efficiency.

AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS

► remove from comparison AMD R7 4800HS

The AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS is a mobile SoC for big laptops based on the Renoir architecture. The 4800HS integrates all eight cores based on the Zen 2 microarchitecture. They are clocked at 2.9 (guaranteed base clock) to 4.2 GHz (Turbo) and support SMT for a total of 16 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. The 4800HS is the 35 Watt version (-10 Watt) of the Ryzen 7 4800H.

In addition to the eight CPU cores, the APU also integrates a Radeon RX Vega 7 integrated graphics adapter with 7 CUs at up to 1,600 MHz. The dual channel memory controller supports DDR4-3200 and energy efficient LPDDR4-4266 RAM. Furthermore, 8 MB of L3 cache can be found on the chip. See our hub page on the Renoir Processors for more information.

Performance

The average 4800HS in our database is an impressively fast CPU that isn't afraid of picking a fight with the Intel Core i9-10980HK and the Core i7-11850H, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. The Ryzen is fast enough for nearly all apps and games you could possibly throw at it, as of mid 2022.

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

This Ryzen 7 has a default TDP, also known as the long-term power limit, of 35 W. Which is too high to allow for passively cooled setups.

The AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS is built with TSMC's 7 nm process leading to average, as of mid 2023, energy efficiency.

ModelAMD Ryzen 9 4900HAMD Ryzen 5 4680UAMD Ryzen 7 4800HS
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 4680U « 2.2 - 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 4300U2.7 - 3.7 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS « 2.9 - 4.2 GHz8 / 16 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS3 - 4 GHz6 / 12 cores8 MB L3
Clock3300 - 4400 MHz2200 - 4000 MHz2900 - 4200 MHz
L1 Cache512 KB384 KB512 KB
L2 Cache4 MB3 MB4 MB
L3 Cache8 MB8 MB8 MB
Cores / Threads8 / 166 / 128 / 16
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, SHALPDDR4-4266 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, 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, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
iGPUAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1750 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 ( - 1500 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 ( - 1600 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
Announced
Manufacturerwww.amd.comwww.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 - R5 4680U
31.1 pt (43%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R7 4800HS
34.6 pt (48%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 11416     avg: 11604     median: 11604 (11%)     max: 11792 Points
7073 Points (7%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1290     avg: 1294     median: 1294 (55%)     max: 1298 Points
1163 Points (49%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 482     avg: 493.5     median: 493.5 (55%)     max: 505 Points
451 Points (50%)
482 Points (54%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 4233     avg: 4409     median: 4409 (11%)     max: 4585 Points
2478 Points (6%)
3869 Points (9%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1886     avg: 1927     median: 1926.5 (12%)     max: 1967 Points
1291 Points (8%)
min: 1634     avg: 1701     median: 1700.5 (11%)     max: 1767 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 192     avg: 193     median: 193 (58%)     max: 194 Points
170 Points (51%)
min: 186     avg: 186.5     median: 186.5 (56%)     max: 187 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
23 Points (30%)
15.6 Points (20%)
19.9 Points (26%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
2.2 Points (56%)
2 Points (50%)
2.2 Points (54%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
5946 Points (36%)
5301 Points (32%)
5705 Points (34%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
40253 Points (29%)
31826 Points (23%)
36313 Points (26%)
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%)
248.6 s (3%)
91.1 s (1%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
3.2 s (1%)
8.2 s (2%)
4.1 s (1%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
4297 Points (7%)
3576 Points (6%)
4642 Points (7%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
48976 MIPS (28%)
32745 MIPS (19%)
48392 MIPS (28%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
4727 MIPS (57%)
4077 MIPS (49%)
4655 MIPS (56%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
111 fps (39%)
99 fps (35%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
215 fps (50%)
216.5 fps (50%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
12.9 fps (23%)
7.7 fps (13%)
12 fps (21%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
1.2 GB/s (0%)
1.2 GB/s (0%)
1.1 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
2 GB/s (34%)
1.4 GB/s (24%)
1.8 GB/s (31%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
7.4 GB/s (19%)
8.3 GB/s (22%)
10.3 GB/s (27%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
247.3 Seconds (2%)
458 Seconds (3%)
284 Seconds (2%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
0.6 sec (12%)
0.7 sec (15%)
0.6 sec (13%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
12785 Points (27%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
9.5 s (2%)
10.5 s (2%)
9.7 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
24.1 s (1%)
24.6 s (1%)
22.3 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
729 s (3%)
581 s (3%)
561 s (2%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
64532 Points (57%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
12199 Points (33%)
10051 Points (27%)
14924 Points (40%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
63266 Points (51%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
63416 Points (51%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
69343 Points (58%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
15719 Points (40%)
16062 Points (41%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
20613 Points (37%)
16642 Points (30%)
21217 Points (38%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
6523 Points (27%)
5067 Points (21%)
min: 8264     avg: 8441     median: 8440.5 (36%)     max: 8617 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1230     avg: 1232     median: 1231.5 (52%)     max: 1233 Points
1078 Points (45%)
min: 1188     avg: 1191     median: 1190.5 (50%)     max: 1193 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 7224     avg: 8012     median: 8012 (14%)     max: 8800 Points
5785 Points (10%)
min: 7540     avg: 7611     median: 7611 (14%)     max: 7682 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
1237 Points (5%)
1196 Points (5%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
7624 Points (24%)
7878 Points (25%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
5287 Points (53%)
min: 5114     avg: 5134     median: 5134 (51%)     max: 5154 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
28402 Points (32%)
min: 28937     avg: 29224     median: 29223.5 (33%)     max: 29510 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
767 ms (1%)
877 ms (1%)
786 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
47184 Points (42%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
227 Points (47%)
198 Points (41%)
214 Points (45%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
73.2 Watt (13%)
64.2 Watt (11%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
105.3 Watt (19%)
65.1 Watt (12%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
18.7 Points per Watt (14%)
25.1 Points per Watt (19%)

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 9 4900H → 100% n=29

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 4680U → 86% n=29

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS → 100% n=29

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