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

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

5903 points
14% slightly better overall score
5137 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7480 points
0.90% slightly better gaming score
7413 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5373 points
20% slightly better multitasking score
4443 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5224 points
21% slightly better heavy workload score
4295 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8249 points
53% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
5385 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

138.57 points
29% slightly higher Blender score
107.17 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6233 points
6310 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1440 points
1799 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6388 points
6415 points
0.42% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1452 points
1824 points
25% 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 GHz
11% slightly higher clock speed
2.69 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
4.5 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
Identical
35 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
576 KiB
12% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
7.5 MiB
87% 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

260th of 1,089
333rd 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 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
-

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 9 4900HS vs Core i5-11400H benchmarks

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

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 4900HS has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-11400H that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11400H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 4900HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11400H. Despite this, the Core i5-11400H has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-11400H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 4900HS. The Core i5-11400H also has significantly more L3 cache.

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

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