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Intel Core i5-1035G1 vs AMD Ryzen 9 4900H vs AMD Ryzen 5 4600H

Intel Core i5-1035G1

► remove from comparison Intel i5-1035G1

The Intel Core i5-1035G1 is a low-power, Ice Lake family processor (SoC) featuring 4 cores, 8 threads, 6 MB of L3 cache and the UHD G1 (32 EUs) iGPU. It saw the light of day in H2 2019. The chip is designed for use in highly portable laptops; its CPU cores run at 1.0 GHz to 3.6 GHz, with only 3.2 GHz achievable if all the cores are loaded.

Unlike the costlier Core i5-1035G4, the 1035G1 has the 32 EU UHD Graphics G1 iGPU at its disposal as opposed to the more powerful 48 EU Iris Plus G4; CPU cores run at a slightly lower clock rate in the case of the 1035G1, too.

Architecture & Features

Ice Lake family chips are powered by Sunny Cove CPU cores.The latter aim to do what Palm Cove cores (that we never really got a chance to get a taste of) were expected to do, delivering a double-digit IPC uplift over the venerable Skylake architecture thanks to a range of small improvements across the board including scheduler improvements, larger caches and buffers, and support for new instruction sets.

Thunderbolt 3 support is built right into the Core i5 (meaning the latter has several PCIe 3 lanes exclusive to Thunderbolt devices, reducing the number of additional components required for Thunderbolt to work) and so is Intel CNVi Wi-Fi 6 support (making it easier for Intel to sell its proprietary WLAN cards to laptop makers). The Core i5-1035G1 also has the DL Boost and GNA features for applications centered around machine learning.

The 4 GT/s bus is indicative of a consumer-grade chip, since CPUs for gaming laptops and portable workstations usually employ the faster 8 GT/s bus. RAM support is nothing to sneeze at, at up to DDR4-3200 or LPDDR4-3733. NVMe SSDs are supported, with data transfer rates limited to 3.9 GB/s (this is what four PCIe 3 lanes are good for). SATA drives and even eMMC chips are also natively supported here.

This is not a user-replaceable CPU, as it gets permanently soldered to the motherboard (BGA1526 socket interface).

OS support is limited to 64-bit Windows 10 and Windows 11, as well as many Linux distros.

Performance

The Core i5-1035G1 is a lower mid-range CPU, as of mid 2022. It is good for more than just the basics while being no match for true high-performers such as the mighty Core i7-10850H.

According to our in-house testing, the Core i5 delivers multi-thread performance that is similar to what the Core i7-10610U, the Core i7-1160G7 and the Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U have to offer. Your mileage may vary depending on how competent the cooling solution of your system is and how high the CPU power limits are.

The Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15IIL05 is among the fastest laptops featuring the 1035G1 that we have tested.

Graphics

The UHD Graphics G1 is based on Intel's Gen 11 architecture. The UHD Graphics runs at up to 1,050 MHz and has 32 EUs for fairly unimpressive performance; the Iris Plus G4 has 48 EUs while the Iris Plus G7 has 64 EUs, for reference. This iGPU will drive up to 3 monitors simultaneously and is DX12-compatible. The resolution options are capped at 5120 by 3200. There is no hardware AV1 codec support here, meaning such a video will be SW-decoded with rather low energy efficiency. The usual HEVC, AVC and VP9 codecs are supported, thankfully.

The UHD Graphics is significantly faster than the UHD Graphics 620, yet it's still not as good as a proper discrete graphics card would be. It will let one play certain games, F1 2020 included, provided one is content with the 720p resolution and low quality settings.

Power consumption

The Core i5-1035G1 has a default TDP (also known as the long-term Power Limit) of 15 W. Laptop makers are free to increase that value somewhat, with 25 W being the upper limit, or reduce it (values as low as 13 W are possible). Clock speeds and performance will change accordingly as a result. Either way, an active cooling solution will be required to dissipate the heat.

The chip is manufactured on Intel's second-generation 10 nm process (not "10 nm SuperFin" or "Intel 7") for average, as of late 2022, energy efficiency.

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 4600H

► remove from comparison AMD R5 4600H

The AMD Ryzen 5 4600H is a mobile SoC for big laptops based on the Renoir architecture. The 4600H 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).

In addition to the six CPU cores, the APU also integrates a Radeon RX Vega 6 integrated graphics adapter 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.

Performance

The average 4600H in our database matches the Intel Core i7-10875H and even the Core i9-10885H, both significantly more costly chips, in multi-thread performance, giving this Ryzen an outrageously high price-to-performance ratio.

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

The Ryzen 5 chip has a default TDP (also known as the long-term power limit) of 45 W, a value that laptop makers are free to change to anything between 35 W and 54 W with clock speed and performance changing accordingly as a result. Either way, a high-performance cooling solution is a must for a CPU like this.

The 7 nm TSMC process this APU is built with makes for better-than-average, as of early 2022, energy efficiency.

ModelIntel Core i5-1035G1AMD Ryzen 9 4900HAMD Ryzen 5 4600H
SeriesIntel Ice LakeAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
CodenameIce Lake-URenoir-H (Zen 2)Renoir-H (Zen 2)
Series: Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU) Renoir-H (Zen 2)
Intel Core i5-1038NG72 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1065G71.3 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1035G71.2 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1035G41.1 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1035G1 « 1 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i3-1005G11.2 - 3.4 GHz2 / 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
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H3.3 - 4.4 GHz8 / 16 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H2.9 - 4.2 GHz8 / 16 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4600H « 3 - 4 GHz6 / 12 cores8 MB L3
Clock1000 - 3600 MHz3300 - 4400 MHz3000 - 4000 MHz
L1 Cache192 KB512 KB384 KB
L2 Cache2 MB4 MB3 MB
L3 Cache6 MB8 MB8 MB
Cores / Threads4 / 88 / 166 / 12
TDP15 Watt45 Watt45 Watt
Technology10 nm7 nm7 nm
max. Temp.100 °C105 °C105 °C
SocketBGA1526FP6FP6
FeaturesDDR4-3200/LPDDR4-3733 RAM, PCIe 3, 4 GT/s bus, DL Boost, GNA, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, VMX, SMEP, SMAP, EIST, TM1, TM2, Hyper-Threading, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SGXDDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA, 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
iGPUIntel UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) (300 - 1050 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1750 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1500 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comwww.amd.comwww.amd.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i5-1035G1
28.6 pt (40%)
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 4600H
32.4 pt (45%)
Cinebench 2024 - CB24 CPU Single Core
69 Points (48%)
Cinebench 2024 - CB24 CPU Multi Core
499 Points (9%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
4027 Points (4%)
min: 11416     avg: 11604     median: 11604 (11%)     max: 11792 Points
min: 7713     avg: 8161     median: 8072 (7%)     max: 8786 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
1016 Points (43%)
min: 1290     avg: 1294     median: 1294 (55%)     max: 1298 Points
min: 1134     avg: 1145     median: 1142.5 (49%)     max: 1161 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 382     avg: 419.3     median: 428 (48%)     max: 431 Points
min: 482     avg: 493.5     median: 493.5 (55%)     max: 505 Points
min: 428     avg: 445.3     median: 449.5 (50%)     max: 454 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 1178     avg: 1409     median: 1311 (3%)     max: 1873 Points
min: 4233     avg: 4409     median: 4409 (11%)     max: 4585 Points
min: 3055     avg: 3233     median: 3229.5 (8%)     max: 3393 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 518     avg: 613     median: 606 (4%)     max: 803 Points
min: 1886     avg: 1927     median: 1926.5 (12%)     max: 1967 Points
min: 1398     avg: 1428     median: 1425 (9%)     max: 1467 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 144     avg: 164.6     median: 167.5 (50%)     max: 171 Points
min: 192     avg: 193     median: 193 (58%)     max: 194 Points
min: 172.1     avg: 176.5     median: 176 (53%)     max: 179 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
5.8 Points (8%)
23 Points (30%)
16.3 Points (21%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
2 Points (49%)
2.2 Points (56%)
2 Points (51%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 6687     avg: 6870     median: 6869.5 (42%)     max: 7052 Points
5946 Points (36%)
5365 Points (32%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 17213     avg: 21299     median: 21298.5 (15%)     max: 25384 Points
40253 Points (29%)
32756 Points (24%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
21753 Points (15%)
65380 Points (45%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
9192 Points (11%)
10173 Points (12%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
454.1 s (5%)
82.9 s (1%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
10.8 s (2%)
3.2 s (1%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
3800 Points (6%)
4297 Points (7%)
4380 Points (7%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 13236     avg: 15975     median: 15156 (9%)     max: 20378 MIPS
48976 MIPS (28%)
min: 36693     avg: 37768     median: 37642.5 (22%)     max: 38873 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 3739     avg: 4089     median: 4159 (50%)     max: 4318 MIPS
4727 MIPS (57%)
min: 4334     avg: 4395     median: 4397 (53%)     max: 4471 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
111 fps (39%)
82.9 fps (29%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
215 fps (50%)
197 fps (45%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 3.32     avg: 4.4     median: 4.2 (7%)     max: 6.44 fps
12.9 fps (23%)
min: 9.27     avg: 9.8     median: 9.8 (17%)     max: 10.4 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
0.4 GB/s (0%)
1.2 GB/s (0%)
0.8 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
0.7 GB/s (11%)
2 GB/s (34%)
1.4 GB/s (24%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
4.2 GB/s (11%)
7.4 GB/s (19%)
5 GB/s (13%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
631 Seconds (8%)
247.3 Seconds (2%)
min: 337.2     avg: 351.9     median: 352 (2%)     max: 369 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.705     avg: 0.7     median: 0.7 (16%)     max: 0.769 sec
0.6 sec (12%)
min: 0.607     avg: 0.6     median: 0.6 (13%)     max: 0.627 sec
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
25.5 s (6%)
9.5 s (2%)
10.5 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
45.6 s (2%)
24.1 s (1%)
24.1 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
789 s (4%)
729 s (3%)
607 s (3%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
18472 Points (16%)
64532 Points (57%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 5453     avg: 7214     median: 6880 (19%)     max: 8817 Points
12199 Points (33%)
min: 10904     avg: 11680     median: 11593.5 (31%)     max: 12640 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 43489     avg: 48198     median: 50440 (41%)     max: 50664 Points
63266 Points (51%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 50941     avg: 51362     median: 51361.5 (42%)     max: 51782 Points
63416 Points (51%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 50897     avg: 52961     median: 53092 (45%)     max: 54764 Points
69343 Points (58%)
min: 61439     avg: 63513     median: 63779 (54%)     max: 65322 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 5430     avg: 6846     median: 6878 (17%)     max: 8047 Points
15719 Points (40%)
min: 10548     avg: 11100     median: 11085.5 (28%)     max: 11681 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 8019     avg: 9970     median: 10188 (18%)     max: 11678 Points
20613 Points (37%)
min: 17769     avg: 18050     median: 18021.5 (32%)     max: 18378 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 2659     avg: 3321     median: 3282 (14%)     max: 4121 Points
6523 Points (27%)
min: 5496     avg: 6170     median: 6251 (26%)     max: 6792 Points
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core
1525 Points (46%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core
6631 Points (26%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1142     avg: 1195     median: 1219 (51%)     max: 1240 Points
min: 1230     avg: 1232     median: 1231.5 (52%)     max: 1233 Points
min: 1099     avg: 1115     median: 1117 (47%)     max: 1124 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 3337     avg: 3892     median: 3858 (7%)     max: 4372 Points
min: 7224     avg: 8012     median: 8012 (14%)     max: 8800 Points
min: 5260     avg: 6057     median: 6080 (11%)     max: 6574 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 936     avg: 1090     median: 1136 (5%)     max: 1199 Points
1237 Points (5%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 2972     avg: 3566     median: 3505 (11%)     max: 4221 Points
7624 Points (24%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 4909     avg: 5125     median: 5183 (52%)     max: 5224 Points
5287 Points (53%)
4964 Points (50%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 13605     avg: 14977     median: 15042.5 (17%)     max: 16219 Points
28402 Points (32%)
25247 Points (28%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
4605 Points (63%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
20939 Points (51%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 834     avg: 934     median: 913 (1%)     max: 1043 ms
767 ms (1%)
min: 844     avg: 849     median: 848.5 (1%)     max: 855 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 34726     avg: 35438     median: 35437.5 (32%)     max: 36149 Points
min: 46066     avg: 47138     median: 47137.5 (42%)     max: 48209 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 173     avg: 183.2     median: 178 (37%)     max: 195 Points
227 Points (47%)
min: 198     avg: 206     median: 207 (43%)     max: 212 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
1061 Points (41%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 25.5     avg: 29.6     median: 29.6 (5%)     max: 33.7 Watt
73.2 Watt (13%)
66.4 Watt (11%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 25.4     avg: 28.6     median: 28.6 (5%)     max: 31.7 Watt
105.3 Watt (19%)
66.4 Watt (12%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 22.1     avg: 23.7     median: 23.7 (18%)     max: 25.3 Points per Watt
18.7 Points per Watt (14%)
21.1 Points per Watt (16%)

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-1035G1 → 100% n=33

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 9 4900H → 182% n=33

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 4600H → 149% n=33

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