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AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS vs AMD Ryzen 5 4600U vs AMD Ryzen 5 4500U

AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS

► remove from comparison AMD R9 4900HS

The AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS is a mobile SoC for big laptops based on the Renoir architecture. The 4900HS integrates all eight cores based on the Zen 2 microarchitecture. They are clocked at 3 (guaranteed base clock) to 4.3 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 4900HS is only slightly faster than the Ryzen 7 4800HS. The CPU is clocked 100 MHz (base and boost) 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 4900HS should be able to handle all demanding tasks and gaming. Compared to the similar named 45W-version, the Ryzen 9 4900H, the 4900HS is differs in 100 MHz boost and 300 MHz base clock.

In addition to the eight CPU cores, the APU also integrates a Radeon RX Vega 7 integrated graphics card with most likely 7 CUs. 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). That means the chip is intended for big and relatively heavy laptops. The Ryzen 7 4900HS is the 35 Watt version of the R9 4900H with a 10 Watt lower TDP.

AMD Ryzen 5 4600U

► remove from comparison AMD R5 4600U

The AMD Ryzen 5 4600U is a processor for thin and light laptops based on the Renoir architecture. The 4600U integrates six cores based on the Zen 2 microarchitecture. They are clocked at 2.1 (guaranteed base clock) to 4 GHz (Turbo) with SMT / Hyperthreading support (12 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.

With two less cores, the Ryzen 5 4600U is clearly slower than the Ryzen 7 4700U and 4800U in multi threaded workloads. However, it should still beat the fastest 15 Watt Ice Lake Intel Core i7-1065G7 (4 cores, 3.9 GHz). Thanks to the 4 GHz Boost clock, the single core performance should be similar. Therefore, the Ryzen 5 4600U is a very fast 15 Watt CPU and clearly faster than the old Ryzen 7 3700U.

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 15 Watt (default) and can be configured from 10 to 25 Watt by the laptop vendor. That means the chip is intended for thin and light laptops (but with fans).

AMD Ryzen 5 4500U

► remove from comparison AMD R5 4500U

The AMD Ryzen 5 4500U is an upper mid-range, hexa-core processor of the Renoir product family. The APU was unveiled in H1 2020; it is designed for use in thinner, lighter laptops. Its six Zen 2 CPU cores run at 2.3 GHz (base clock speed) to 4.0 GHz (highest Boost frequency possible). Ryzen 5 4500U features the Vega 6 iGPU.

The sole advantage of Ryzen 5 4600U over Ryzen 5 4500U is the thread-doubling SMT technology support. The former has SMT while the latter does not.

Architecture

Zen 2 is a resounding success, delivering massive improvements over outgoing Zen Plus-based processors. Ryzen 5 4500U is manufactured on the cutting-edge 7 nm TSMC process; it is compatible with dual-channel DDR4-3200 or quad-channel LPDDR4-4266 memory. This processor has 8 MB of Level 3 cache.

While the APU uses Zen 2 cores just like the desktop-grade Ryzen 3000-series processors do, Ryzen 7 3800XT included, it does does not have PCI-Express 4.0 support. It does feature several PCI-Express 3.0 lanes for connecting discrete graphics cards, SSDs and other devices. Four PCI-Express 3.0 lanes allow for read/write rates of up to 3.9 GB/s provided a suitably fast NVMe SSD is used.

Ryzen 5 4500U gets soldered permanently on to the motherboard (FP6 socket interface) and is anything but user-replaceable.

Performance

The average Ryzen 5 4500U in our database nearly matches the Core i5-11300H, the Core i5-11320H and also the AMD Ryzen 3 5300U as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned - thus delivering an undeniably impressive performance jump over the outgoing Ryzen 5 3500U.

Thanks to its decent cooling solution and a long-term power limit of 38 W, the Xiaomi RedmiBook 16 R5 is among the fastest systems powered by the R5 4500U that we know of. It can be about 20% faster in CPU-bound workloads than the slowest system built around the same chip in our database, as of August 2023.

Graphics

Just like its name suggests, the Radeon RX Vega 6 graphics adapter has 6 Compute Units (6 x 64 = 384 unified shaders). In the case of Ryzen 5 4500U, this graphics adapter runs at up to 1,500 MHz. The iGPU definitely supports UHD 2160p monitors at 60 Hz; it will have no trouble HW-decoding HEVC, AVC, VP9, MPEG-2 and other widespread video codecs. AV1 is not supported though; such a video will have to be software-decoded for much lower energy efficiency.

Vega 6 will let you play many titles of 2020 and 2021 as long as you stick to low settings and low resolutions. F1 2021 (720p, Low) runs at 32 fps; Outriders (720p, Low) runs at 27 fps, to give you an example or two. As the iGPU has no VRAM of its own, it is paramount that fast system RAM is used.

Power consumption

This Ryzen chip is very energy efficient, as of mid 2022, thanks to the cutting-edge 7 nm TSMC manufacturing process and the mature Zen 2 architecture.

The Ryzen 5 4500U has a default TDP (also known as the long-term Power Limit) of 15 W that can be changed to anything between 10 W and 25 W by laptop makers if required, a right they use more often than not. Clock speeds and performance will change accordingly as a result. By going for the lowest value, it will be possible to use the APU as the heart of a passively cooled tablet, laptop, mini-PC.

ModelAMD Ryzen 9 4900HSAMD Ryzen 5 4600UAMD Ryzen 5 4500U
SeriesAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
CodenameRenoir (Zen 2)Renoir-U (Zen 2)Renoir-U (Zen 2)
Clock3000 - 4300 MHz2100 - 4000 MHz2300 - 4000 MHz
L1 Cache512 KB384 KB384 KB
L2 Cache4 MB3 MB3 MB
L3 Cache8 MB8 MB8 MB
Cores / Threads8 / 166 / 126 / 6
TDP35 Watt15 Watt15 Watt
Technology7 nm7 nm7 nm
max. Temp.105 °C105 °C105 °C
SocketFP6FP6FP6
FeaturesXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTDDR4-3200/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, SMEDDR4-3200/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, SME
iGPUAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1750 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1500 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1500 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
Announced
Series: Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU) Renoir-U (Zen 2)
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 4600U « 2.1 - 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 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 4500U « 2.3 - 4 GHz6 / 6 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U2.7 - 3.7 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Manufacturerwww.amd.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R9 4900HS
35.2 pt (49%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R5 4600U
31.5 pt (44%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R5 4500U
30.5 pt (42%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
5920 Points (5%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
1152 Points (49%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
495 Points (55%)
min: 447     avg: 449     median: 447 (50%)     max: 453 Points
min: 424     avg: 445.8     median: 447.5 (50%)     max: 453 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
4288 Points (10%)
min: 2544     avg: 2628     median: 2544 (6%)     max: 2796 Points
min: 1843     avg: 2236     median: 2219 (5%)     max: 2530 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
1863 Points (12%)
min: 838     avg: 1089     median: 1089 (7%)     max: 1340 Points
min: 715     avg: 896     median: 892 (6%)     max: 1007 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
193 Points (58%)
min: 175     avg: 175.5     median: 175.5 (53%)     max: 176 Points
min: 156     avg: 172.8     median: 174 (52%)     max: 177 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
18.2 Points (24%)
min: 10.22     avg: 10.9     median: 10.9 (14%)     max: 11.6 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
2.2 Points (55%)
min: 2.02     avg: 2     median: 2 (50%)     max: 2.04 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
5866 Points (35%)
min: 5319     avg: 5337     median: 5337 (32%)     max: 5355 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
37938 Points (27%)
min: 22934     avg: 24156     median: 24155.5 (18%)     max: 25377 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
38477 Points (27%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
9139 Points (11%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
88.2 s (1%)
min: 170.4     avg: 171.9     median: 171.9 (2%)     max: 173.4 s
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
3.3 s (1%)
min: 5.7     avg: 7.8     median: 8.3 (2%)     max: 9.48 s
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
4548 Points (7%)
min: 3420     avg: 3493     median: 3493 (6%)     max: 3566 Points
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
48577 MIPS (28%)
34854 MIPS (20%)
min: 22466     avg: 24384     median: 24101 (14%)     max: 25891 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
4634 MIPS (55%)
4247 MIPS (51%)
min: 4235     avg: 4290     median: 4288 (51%)     max: 4338 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
106 fps (37%)
59.3 fps (21%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
223 fps (51%)
210 fps (48%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
12.2 fps (21%)
8.8 fps (15%)
min: 5.86     avg: 6.8     median: 6.9 (12%)     max: 7.33 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
1.2 GB/s (0%)
min: 0.511     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (0%)     max: 0.541 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
1.9 GB/s (33%)
min: 0.865     avg: 0.9     median: 0.9 (15%)     max: 0.922 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
11.2 GB/s (29%)
4.9 GB/s (13%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
297 Seconds (2%)
402 Seconds (3%)
min: 533     avg: 603     median: 584 (4%)     max: 748 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
0.6 sec (14%)
min: 0.614     avg: 0.6     median: 0.6 (14%)     max: 0.654 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
12448 Points (26%)
min: 8933     avg: 8934     median: 8933.5 (19%)     max: 8934 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
9.5 s (2%)
min: 10     avg: 10.3     median: 10.3 (2%)     max: 10.5 s
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
21.8 s (1%)
24 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
547 s (2%)
min: 620     avg: 622     median: 622 (3%)     max: 624 s
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
57045 Points (50%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
15184 Points (41%)
min: 7925     avg: 9140     median: 9139.5 (25%)     max: 10354 Points
min: 7061     avg: 8121     median: 8095 (22%)     max: 8704 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
63010 Points (51%)
min: 61260     avg: 63475     median: 63892 (52%)     max: 65272 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
62786 Points (51%)
min: 57910     avg: 62775     median: 63587.5 (52%)     max: 66013 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
67850 Points (57%)
min: 68588     avg: 69178     median: 69062 (58%)     max: 69884 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
15900 Points (40%)
11149 Points (28%)
min: 6900     avg: 7494     median: 7616 (19%)     max: 7925 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
21873 Points (39%)
17296 Points (31%)
min: 9800     avg: 11318     median: 11477 (20%)     max: 12259 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
8966 Points (38%)
min: 5152     avg: 5176     median: 5175.5 (22%)     max: 5199 Points
min: 3316     avg: 3759     median: 3734 (16%)     max: 4187 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
1218 Points (51%)
1105 Points (47%)
min: 1082     avg: 1109     median: 1097 (46%)     max: 1220 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
7675 Points (14%)
5591 Points (10%)
min: 4352     avg: 4774     median: 4632 (8%)     max: 6234 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
1074 Points (5%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
4282 Points (14%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
5372 Points (54%)
min: 4486     avg: 4624     median: 4624 (46%)     max: 4762 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
30230 Points (34%)
min: 17798     avg: 18561     median: 18561 (21%)     max: 19324 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
18690 Points (33%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
3960 Points (77%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
19029 Points (30%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
4162 Points (62%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
6630 Points (53%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
5771 Points (52%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
20968 Points (41%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
16596 Points (33%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
14964 Points (39%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
894 ms (1%)
851 ms (1%)
min: 819     avg: 851     median: 853 (1%)     max: 871 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
99 ms (1%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
90.9 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
38616 Points (35%)
min: 33759     avg: 43608     median: 48506 (44%)     max: 48558 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
199 Points (41%)
min: 191     avg: 196.5     median: 197 (41%)     max: 202 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
816 Points (31%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
104.2 Watt (18%)
min: 28.8     avg: 42     median: 43 (7%)     max: 53 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
104.5 Watt (19%)
min: 26.8     avg: 37.8     median: 30.7 (6%)     max: 53 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
17.8 Points per Watt (13%)
min: 16.5     avg: 24.7     median: 25.3 (19%)     max: 31.7 Points per Watt

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS → 100% n=15

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 4600U → 78% n=15

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 4500U → 68% n=15

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