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AMD Ryzen 9 4900H vs AMD Ryzen 7 4980U 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 7 4980U

► remove from comparison AMD R7 4980U

The AMD Ryzen 7 4980U is a Renoir family processor designed for certain Microsoft Surface systems. 4980U has eight Zen 2 cores clocked at 2.0 GHz (base clock speed) to 4.4 GHz (Boost) with thread-doubling SMT tech enabled for a total of 16 threads. The chip is manufactured on the modern 7 nm TSMC process and partly thanks to that AMD promises a 2x improvement in performance-per-Watt over Ryzen 3000 series mobile CPUs.

Architecture

The Zen 2 microarchitecture has brought a sizeable per-thread performance boost compared to the outgoing Zen+ parts. Renoir product family is also the first to introduce 8-core ULV processors to laptop market, keeping power consumption within reasonable limits. This AMD processor family is very impressive from most perspectives. One of the disatvantages to keep in mind is the lack of PCI-Express 4 support, meaning these blazing-fast NVMe SSDs will be limited to 3.9 GB/s tops.

Ryzen 7 4980U is designed to work with quad-channel LPDDR4 memory at up to 4,267 MHz. 8 MB of Level 3 are present in this chip. The Ryzen 7 gets soldered straight to the motherboard (FP6 socket) and is thus not user-replaceable. Please go to our Renoir hub page for more information on the product family.

Performance

The 4980U is the fastest U-class Ryzen 4000 series chip. As such, its clock speeds are 200 MHz higher (both the base one and Boost one) than what the Ryzen 7 4800U has.

It is thus hardly surprising that the average 4980U in our database is in the same league as the Ryzen 7 5800U and also the Core i7-1260P, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned.

Graphics

In addition to its eight CPU cores, the Ryzen 7 also features the Radeon RX Vega 8 graphics adapter with 8 CUs (= 512 shaders) at up to 1,950 MHz. This iGPU is compatible with FreeSync and DirectX 12 and is able to HW-decode AVC, HEVC, VP9-encoded videos (no AV1 support here). Vega 8 is capable of outputting UHD 2160p60 video signal to several monitors and, similar to Intel's Iris Xe (80 EUs), is good enough for a bit of light gaming on the go, provided one is content with sub-1080p resolutions and low/medium quailty presets.

Power consumption

The APU has a default TDP, also known as the long-term power limit, of 15 W; much like it is with other U-class Ryzen 4000 chips, AMD is fine with laptop makers (Microsoft, in this case) changing that value to anything between 10 W and 25 W.

The 7 nm TSMC process this Ryzen 7 is built with makes for above average, as of mid 2022, 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 7 4980UAMD 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 4980U « 2 - 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 4300U2.7 - 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 MHz2000 - 4400 MHz3000 - 4000 MHz
L1 Cache512 KB512 KB384 KB
L2 Cache4 MB4 MB3 MB
L3 Cache8 MB8 MB8 MB
Cores / Threads8 / 168 / 166 / 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, 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, SHAXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
iGPUAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1750 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1950 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 - R7 4980U
33.6 pt (47%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 11416     avg: 11604     median: 11604 (11%)     max: 11792 Points
9164 Points (9%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1290     avg: 1294     median: 1294 (55%)     max: 1298 Points
1260 Points (54%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 482     avg: 493.5     median: 493.5 (55%)     max: 505 Points
492 Points (55%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 4233     avg: 4409     median: 4409 (11%)     max: 4585 Points
3453 Points (8%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1886     avg: 1927     median: 1926.5 (12%)     max: 1967 Points
1658 Points (10%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 192     avg: 193     median: 193 (58%)     max: 194 Points
182 Points (55%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
23 Points (30%)
18.9 Points (25%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
2.2 Points (56%)
2.2 Points (53%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
5946 Points (36%)
5715 Points (35%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
40253 Points (29%)
35106 Points (25%)
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%)
wPrime 1.55 - wPrime 1.55 1024m *
236.1 s (1%)
wPrime 1.55 - wPrime 1.55 32m *
7.4 s (4%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
4297 Points (7%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
48976 MIPS (28%)
42368 MIPS (24%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
4727 MIPS (57%)
4320 MIPS (52%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
111 fps (39%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
215 fps (50%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
12.9 fps (23%)
9.8 fps (17%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
1.2 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
2 GB/s (34%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
7.4 GB/s (19%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
247.3 Seconds (2%)
342 Seconds (2%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
0.6 sec (12%)
0.6 sec (14%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
9.5 s (2%)
9.6 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
24.1 s (1%)
24.8 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
729 s (3%)
758 s (3%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
64532 Points (57%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
12199 Points (33%)
11759 Points (32%)
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%)
10152 Points (26%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
20613 Points (37%)
18654 Points (33%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
6523 Points (27%)
5917 Points (25%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1230     avg: 1232     median: 1231.5 (52%)     max: 1233 Points
1133 Points (48%)
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
7156 Points (13%)
6345 Points (11%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
1237 Points (5%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
7624 Points (24%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
5287 Points (53%)
4630 Points (46%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
28402 Points (32%)
20170 Points (22%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
767 ms (1%)
811 ms (1%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
227 Points (47%)
210 Points (44%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
73.2 Watt (13%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
105.3 Watt (19%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
18.7 Points per Watt (14%)

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 9 4900H → 100% n=2

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 7 4980U → 91% n=2

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS → 84% n=2

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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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