AMD Ryzen 9 4900H vs Intel Core Ultra 7 256V

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 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

6178 points
4% slightly better overall score
5922 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7994 points
9414 points
17% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5575 points
14% slightly better multitasking score
4857 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5413 points
16% slightly better heavy workload score
4631 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

147.71 points
22% slightly higher Blender score
121.07 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6680 points
9727 points
45% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1557 points
2431 points
56% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
100% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
49% significantly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.8 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
14 MiB
250% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
12 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

241st of 1,089
257th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Mobile
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 March
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR5-8533

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Ryzen 9 4900H vs Core Ultra 7 256V benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 4900H performs better than the Core Ultra 7 256V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 256V has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 9 4900H has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 4900H has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 256V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 256V has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 7 256V has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 4900H. The Core Ultra 7 256V also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 9 4900H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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