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

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 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.

ModelAMD Ryzen 9 4900HSAMD Ryzen 5 4600UAMD Ryzen 9 4900H
SeriesAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
CodenameRenoir (Zen 2)Renoir-U (Zen 2)Renoir-H (Zen 2)
Clock3000 - 4300 MHz2100 - 4000 MHz3300 - 4400 MHz
L1 Cache512 KB384 KB512 KB
L2 Cache4 MB3 MB4 MB
L3 Cache8 MB8 MB8 MB
Cores / Threads8 / 166 / 128 / 16
TDP35 Watt15 Watt45 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, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA, SHA
iGPUAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1750 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1500 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1750 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
Announced
Series: Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU) Renoir-H (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 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
Manufacturerwww.amd.comwww.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 - R9 4900H
35.4 pt (49%)
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)
495 Points (55%)
min: 447     avg: 449     median: 447 (50%)     max: 453 Points
min: 482     avg: 493.5     median: 493.5 (55%)     max: 505 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
4288 Points (10%)
min: 2544     avg: 2628     median: 2544 (6%)     max: 2796 Points
min: 4233     avg: 4409     median: 4409 (11%)     max: 4585 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
1863 Points (12%)
min: 838     avg: 1089     median: 1089 (7%)     max: 1340 Points
min: 1886     avg: 1927     median: 1926.5 (12%)     max: 1967 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: 192     avg: 193     median: 193 (58%)     max: 194 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
18.2 Points (24%)
23 Points (30%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
2.2 Points (55%)
2.2 Points (56%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
5866 Points (35%)
5946 Points (36%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
37938 Points (27%)
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 *
88.2 s (1%)
82.9 s (1%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
3.3 s (1%)
3.2 s (1%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
4548 Points (7%)
4297 Points (7%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
48577 MIPS (28%)
34854 MIPS (20%)
48976 MIPS (28%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
4634 MIPS (55%)
4247 MIPS (51%)
4727 MIPS (57%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
106 fps (37%)
111 fps (39%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
223 fps (51%)
215 fps (50%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
12.2 fps (21%)
8.8 fps (15%)
12.9 fps (23%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
1.2 GB/s (0%)
1.2 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
1.9 GB/s (33%)
2 GB/s (34%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
11.2 GB/s (29%)
7.4 GB/s (19%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
297 Seconds (2%)
402 Seconds (3%)
247.3 Seconds (2%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
0.6 sec (14%)
0.6 sec (12%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
12448 Points (26%)
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 *
21.8 s (1%)
24.1 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
547 s (2%)
729 s (3%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
57045 Points (50%)
64532 Points (57%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
15184 Points (41%)
min: 7925     avg: 9140     median: 9139.5 (25%)     max: 10354 Points
12199 Points (33%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
63010 Points (51%)
63266 Points (51%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
62786 Points (51%)
63416 Points (51%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
67850 Points (57%)
69343 Points (58%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
15900 Points (40%)
11149 Points (28%)
15719 Points (40%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
21873 Points (39%)
17296 Points (31%)
20613 Points (37%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
8966 Points (38%)
min: 5152     avg: 5176     median: 5175.5 (22%)     max: 5199 Points
6523 Points (27%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
1218 Points (51%)
1105 Points (47%)
min: 1230     avg: 1232     median: 1231.5 (52%)     max: 1233 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
7675 Points (14%)
5591 Points (10%)
min: 7224     avg: 8012     median: 8012 (14%)     max: 8800 Points
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
5372 Points (54%)
5287 Points (53%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
30230 Points (34%)
28402 Points (32%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
894 ms (1%)
851 ms (1%)
767 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
38616 Points (35%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
199 Points (41%)
227 Points (47%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
104.2 Watt (18%)
73.2 Watt (13%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
104.5 Watt (19%)
105.3 Watt (19%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
17.8 Points per Watt (13%)
18.7 Points per Watt (14%)

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

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

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 9 4900H → 98% n=15

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