AMD Ryzen 9 4900H vs Intel Core i9-10900X

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 10 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
7550 points
22% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7994 points
8222 points
2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5575 points
7324 points
31% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5413 points
7249 points
33% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

147.71 points
202.00 points
36% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6718 points
9329 points
38% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1535 points
1608 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6680 points
9481 points
41% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1557 points
1574 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
10
25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
20
25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
3.7 GHz
12% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.5 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
266% significantly lower TDP
165 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
640 KiB
25% slightly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
25 MiB
212% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

241st of 1,089
165th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Mobile
Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 March
2019 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4-2933

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 9 4900H vs Core i9-10900X specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-10900X is faster than the Ryzen 9 4900H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 4900H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-10900X has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 9 4900H. Indeed, the Core i9-10900X has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 9 4900H. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 4900H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-10900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 4900H. Also, the Core i9-10900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 4900H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-10900X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 4900H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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