AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS vs Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 16 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
6109 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7480 points
37% slightly better gaming score
5454 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5373 points
6350 points
18% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5224 points
6447 points
23% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

138.57 points
190.75 points
37% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6233 points
0.19% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
6221 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1440 points
51% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
950 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6388 points
7350 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1452 points
39% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1043 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
32
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
30% slightly higher clock speed
2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
19% slightly higher turbo speed
3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
285% significantly lower TDP
135 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

260th of 1,089
245th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Mobile
Xeon E5 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 March
2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 9 4900HS vs Xeon E5-2698 v3 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2698 v3 beats the Ryzen 9 4900HS in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 4900HS has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2698 v3 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 9 4900HS. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2698 v3 has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 9 4900HS. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 4900HS. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 4900HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2698 v3. Also, the Ryzen 9 4900HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 4900HS CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2698 v3 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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

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