AMD Ryzen 9 4900H vs Intel Core i5-11400F

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 core CPU vs Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 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

6178 points
8% slightly better overall score
5669 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7994 points
8320 points
4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5575 points
15% slightly better multitasking score
4844 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5413 points
15% slightly better heavy workload score
4676 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

147.71 points
14% slightly higher Blender score
128.47 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

11792 points
15% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
10235 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6718 points
7380 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1535 points
1895 points
23% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6680 points
7590 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1557 points
1979 points
27% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
26% slightly higher clock speed
2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
Identical
4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
44% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

241st of 1,089
277th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Mobile
11th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 March
2021 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 9 4900H vs Core i5-11400F specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-11400F beats the Ryzen 9 4900H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 4900H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 4900H has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-11400F has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11400F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 4900H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11400F. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Ryzen 9 4900H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-11400F CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 4900H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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