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AMD Ryzen 9 4900H vs Intel Core i5-1038NG7

AMD Ryzen 9 4900H

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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.

Intel Core i5-1038NG7

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The Intel Core i5-1038NG7 or Core i5-1038G7 is a quad-core SoC for laptops and Ultrabooks based on the Ice-Lake-U generation that was announced in Mai 2020 in the refreshed MacBook Pro 13. It integrates four Sunnycove processor cores (8 threads thanks to HyperThreading) clocked at 2 (base) - 3.8 (single core Turbo) GHz. According to Intel the Sunnycove cores achieve 18% more IPCs (Instructions per Clock) and therefore the CPU performance should be similar to the higher clocked Whiskey-Lake and Coffee-Lake predecessors (e.g. Core i7-8559U, 2.7 - 4.5 GHz). The Core i5-1038G7 is the second fastest 28W model of the Ice Lake family after the Core i7-1068G7.

The biggest improvement for Ice-Lake is the integrated Gen 11 graphics card called Iris Plus Graphics. The Core i5-1035G7 integrates the biggest G7 variant with 64 CUs clocked at 300 - 1100? MHz. The Iris Plus G7 should be twice as fast as the predecessors and best the AMD Vega 10 GPU in current Ryzen APUs.

Other improvements for Ice Lake are the AI hardware acceleration and the partial integration of Thunderbolt and Wifi 6 in the chip. The integrated DDR4 memory controller supports modules with up to 3200 MHz (and LPDDDR4 3733).

The Core i5-1038G7 is produced in the new  10nm process at Intel that should offer a comparable performance to the 7nm process at TSMC. The TDP is specified at 28 Watts and therefore the CPU is best used in small multimedia laptops from 13-inch upwards (e.g. like a MacBook Pro 13).

ModelAMD Ryzen 9 4900HIntel Core i5-1038NG7
SeriesAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)Intel Ice Lake
CodenameRenoir-H (Zen 2)Ice Lake-U
Series: Ice Lake Ice Lake-U
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H « 3.3 - 4.4 GHz8 / 16 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H compare2.9 - 4.2 GHz8 / 16 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4600H compare3 - 4 GHz6 / 12 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1038NG7 « 2 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1065G7 compare1.3 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1035G7 compare1.2 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1035G4 compare1.1 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1035G1 compare1 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i3-1005G1 compare1.2 - 3.4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Clock3300 - 4400 MHz2000 - 3800 MHz
L1 Cache512 KB192 KB
L2 Cache4 MB2 MB
L3 Cache8 MB6 MB
Cores / Threads8 / 164 / 8
TDP45 Watt28 Watt
Technology7 nm10 nm
max. Temp.105 °C
SocketFP6
FeaturesDDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA, SHAAVX512, DL Boost, Turbo Boost 2.0
iGPUAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1750 MHz)Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU) (300 - 1050 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
Announced
Manufacturerwww.amd.comark.intel.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 - i5-1038NG7
30.1 pt (42%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 11416     avg: 11604     median: 11604 (11%)     max: 11792 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1290     avg: 1294     median: 1294 (55%)     max: 1298 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 482     avg: 493.5     median: 493.5 (55%)     max: 505 Points
438 Points (49%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 4233     avg: 4409     median: 4409 (11%)     max: 4585 Points
1998 Points (5%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1886     avg: 1927     median: 1926.5 (12%)     max: 1967 Points
768 Points (5%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 192     avg: 193     median: 193 (58%)     max: 194 Points
169 Points (51%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
23 Points (30%)
7.5 Points (10%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
2.2 Points (56%)
2 Points (50%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
5946 Points (36%)
6743 Points (41%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
40253 Points (29%)
23609 Points (17%)
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%)
355 s (4%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
3.2 s (1%)
11.2 s (2%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
4297 Points (7%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
48976 MIPS (28%)
19485 MIPS (11%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
4727 MIPS (57%)
4161 MIPS (50%)
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%)
6 fps (11%)
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%)
4.2 Seconds (0%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
0.6 sec (12%)
0.7 sec (15%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
7844 Points (17%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
9.5 s (2%)
9.5 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
24.1 s (1%)
19.9 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
729 s (3%)
756 s (3%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
64532 Points (57%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
12199 Points (33%)
9402 Points (25%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
63266 Points (51%)
27599 Points (22%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
63416 Points (51%)
27341 Points (22%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
69343 Points (58%)
29878 Points (25%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
15719 Points (40%)
6131 Points (16%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
20613 Points (37%)
9138 Points (16%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
6523 Points (27%)
3595 Points (15%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1230     avg: 1232     median: 1231.5 (52%)     max: 1233 Points
1265 Points (53%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 7224     avg: 8012     median: 8012 (14%)     max: 8800 Points
4564 Points (8%)
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%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
28402 Points (31%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
767 ms (1%)
754 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
45151 Points (41%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
227 Points (47%)
180 Points (38%)
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=29

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-1038NG7 → 73% n=29

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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)