AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS vs Intel Core i9-9980HK

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 core CPU vs Intel 9th Generation Core i9 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

5903 points

65% significantly better overall score

3558 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7480 points

61% significantly better gaming score

4626 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5373 points

57% significantly better multitasking score

3403 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5224 points

44% significantly better heavy workload score

3616 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8249 points

8280 points

0.38% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

138.57 points

4% slightly higher Blender score

132.90 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6233 points

6312 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1440 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1386 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6388 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

6310 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1452 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1411 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz

25% slightly higher clock speed

2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

5 GHz

16% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

28% slightly lower TDP

45 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB

Identical

512 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

2 MiB

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

260th of 1,089

480th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Mobile

9th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 March

2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 9 4900HS vs Core i9-9980HK comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 4900HS beats the Core i9-9980HK in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9980HK in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 4900HS has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-9980HK. Despite this, the Core i9-9980HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 4900HS CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-9980HK CPU because of its slightly 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 i9-9980HK. Despite this, the Core i9-9980HK has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 9 4900HS.

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.