AMD Ryzen 9 4900H vs AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 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
11% slightly better overall score
5521 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7994 points
8044 points
0.63% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5575 points
16% slightly better multitasking score
4773 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5413 points
17% slightly better heavy workload score
4617 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

147.71 points
159.49 points
7% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6680 points
9444 points
41% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1557 points
2354 points
51% significantly 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
3.55 GHz
7% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
5 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
44% significantly lower TDP
65 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
6 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
16 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

241st of 1,089
291st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Mobile
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 March
2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Ryzen 9 4900H vs Ryzen 5 8500G comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 8500G 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 4900H has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 8500G has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8500G. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 8500G has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 9 4900H. Also, the Ryzen 5 8500G has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 4900H CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 8500G CPU because of its 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 5 8500G has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 4900H. The Ryzen 5 8500G also has significantly more L3 cache.

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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