AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS vs Intel Core i5-8400

Ryzen 9 4900HS vs Core i5-8400 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 4900HS performs better than the Core i5-8400. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8400 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 4900HS has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-8400 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8400. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 4900HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8400. Also, the Ryzen 9 4900HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 4900HS CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-8400 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 4900HS has more L2 cache than the Core i5-8400. Despite this, the Core i5-8400 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 9 4900HS.

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