AMD Ryzen 9 4900H vs Intel Core i9-7940X

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 14 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
18% slightly better overall score
5222 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7994 points
29% slightly better gaming score
6170 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5575 points
12% slightly better multitasking score
4938 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5413 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score
4896 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

147.71 points
261.54 points
77% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6718 points
9233 points
37% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1535 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1299 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6680 points
10511 points
57% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1557 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1444 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
14
75% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
28
75% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
6% slightly higher clock speed
3.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
4.3 GHz

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
896 KiB
75% significantly 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
324th 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
2017 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4-2666

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 i9-7940X comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-7940X performs better than the Ryzen 9 4900H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 4900H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-7940X has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 4900H that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 4900H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 4900H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-7940X. Also, the Ryzen 9 4900H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 4900H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-7940X 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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