AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6410 points
8% slightly better overall score
5903 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8714 points
16% slightly better gaming score
7480 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5668 points
5% slightly better multitasking score
5373 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5487 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score
5224 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5675 points
8249 points
45% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

155.16 points
11% slightly higher Blender score
138.57 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8541 points
37% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
6233 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2046 points
42% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1440 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8665 points
35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6388 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2110 points
45% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1452 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
23% slightly higher clock speed
3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed
4.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
35 W
85% significantly lower TDP

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
512 KiB
33% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
4 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
300% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

226th of 1,089
260th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Ryzen 9 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2020 March

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Ryzen 5 5600X vs Ryzen 9 4900HS comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5600X performs better than the Ryzen 9 4900HS. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 4900HS in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 4900HS has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5600X. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 4900HS has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5600X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 4900HS. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 4900HS outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 5600X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 4900HS has slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 9 4900HS.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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