AMD Ryzen 9 4900H Benchmark, Test and specs

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CPU lineage

The AMD Ryzen 9 4900H features 8 processor cores and has the capability to manage 16 threads concurrently. It was released in Q2/2020 and belongs to the 3 generation of the AMD Ryzen 9 series. To use the AMD Ryzen 9 4900H, you'll need a motherboard with a FP6 socket.
Name: AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
Family: AMD Ryzen 9
Group: AMD Ryzen 4000H
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 3

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 9 4900H has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 9 4900H is 3.3 GHz and turbo frequency for one core is 4.4 GHz. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.
CPU Cores: 8
Threads: 16
Cores: 8x
Core architecture: normal
Hyperthreading: Yes
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 3.3 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 core): 4.4 GHz
Turbo Frequency (all cores): 4.0 GHz

Internal Graphics

The AMD Ryzen 9 4900H has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the AMD Ryzen 9 4900H uses the AMD Radeon 8 Graphics (Renoir), which has 512 texture shaders and 8 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
GPU name: AMD Radeon 8 Graphics (Renoir)
GPU frequency: 1.75 GHz
GPU (Turbo): --
Execution units: 8
Shaders: 512
Max. GPU Memory: 2.0 GB
Max. displays: --
Generation: 9
Direct X: 12
Technology: 7 nm
Release date: Q1/2020

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
h265 / HEVC (8 bit): Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode / Encode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode / Encode
VP9: Decode / Encode
AV1: No
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The processor supports a maximum memory capacity of 64.0 GB distributed across 2 memory channels. It offers a peak memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s. Both the type and quantity of memory can have a substantial impact on the overall system performance.
Memory type: DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266
Max. Memory: 64.0 GB
Memory channels: 2
Bandwidth: 51.2 GB/s
ECC: Yes
PCIe: pci
AES-NI: Yes

Thermal Management

The processor has a thermal design power (TDP) of 45 W watts. TDP indicates the cooling solution needed to effectively manage the processor's heat. It generally provides an approximate indication of the actual power consumption of the CPU itself.
TDP (PL1 / PBP): 45 W
TDP (PL2): None
TDP up: 54 W
TDP down: 35 W
Tjunction max: 105 °C

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 9 4900H is manufactured using a 7 nm process. A smaller manufacturing process indicates a more contemporary and energy-efficient CPU. In total, this processor boasts a generous 8.0 MB cache. A substantial cache can significantly enhance the processor's performance, particularly in scenarios like gaming.
Technology: 7 nm
Chip design: Chiplet
Socket: FP6
L2-Cache: 0 bytes
L3-Cache: 8.0 MB
Architecture: Renoir (Zen 2)
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux, Windows 11
Virtualization: AMD-V, SVM
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, FMA3, AVX2
Release date: Q2/2020
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet
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Benchmarks

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Intel Core i5-1250P
12C 16T @ 1.7 GHz
19493
19493
Intel Xeon W-2245
8C 16T @ 3.9 GHz
19482
19482
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
19330
19330
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650H
6C 12T @ 3.3 GHz
19325
19325
Intel Xeon W-1270P
8C 16T @ 3.8 GHz
19264
19264

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

AMD Ryzen 5 5600
6C 12T @ 3.5 GHz
11077
11077
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
6C 12T @ 3.9 GHz
11077
11077
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
11061
11061
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
8C 16T @ 3.0 GHz
11006
11006
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
6C 12T @ 3.7 GHz
10988
10988

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Intel Xeon Gold 5115
10C 20T @ 2.4 GHz
7943
7943
AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
6C 12T @ 3.8 GHz
7916
7916
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
7911
7911
Intel Core i5-1245U
10C 12T @ 1.6 GHz
7890
7890
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
8C 16T @ 2.9 GHz
7886
7886

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

AMD Ryzen 5 7535U
6C 12T @ 2.9 GHz
7423
7423
Intel Core i7-6950X
10C 20T @ 3.0 GHz
7421
7421
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
7405
7405
Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3
16C 32T @ 2.3 GHz
7362
7362
Intel Core i7-9700K
8C 8T @ 3.6 GHz
7361
7361

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i7-11850H
8C 16T @ 2.5 GHz
4899
4899
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
8C 16T @ 2.9 GHz
4817
4817
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
4807
4807
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
8C 16T @ 3.7 GHz
4799
4799
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
6C 12T @ 3.7 GHz
4784
4784

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Intel Xeon Gold 5120
14C 28T @ 2.2 GHz
4344
4344
Intel Core i7-9800X
8C 16T @ 3.8 GHz
4338
4338
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
4332
4332
Intel Core i5-11600K
6C 12T @ 3.9 GHz
4320
4320
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U
8C 16T @ 1.9 GHz
4320
4320

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Intel Xeon W-2245
8C 16T @ 3.9 GHz
1972
1972
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
6C 12T @ 3.7 GHz
1970
1970
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
1937
1937
Intel Core i9-9900
8C 16T @ 3.1 GHz
1931
1931
AMD Ryzen 7 4700GE
8C 16T @ 3.1 GHz
1927
1927

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i9-10900
10C 20T @ 2.8 GHz
1662
1662
Intel Core i9-10900F
10C 20T @ 2.8 GHz
1662
1662
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
1659
1659
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1
8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz
1657
1657
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
16C 32T @ 3.9 GHz
1656
1656

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
64C 128T @ 2.9 GHz
1284
1284
Intel Core i9-9900
8C 16T @ 3.1 GHz
1284
1284
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
1284
1284
Intel Core i9-9900
8C 16T @ 3.1 GHz
1284
1284
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
64C 128T @ 2.9 GHz
1284
1284

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1
8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz
1228
1228
Intel Core i5-1240U
10C 12T @ 1.1 GHz
1227
1227
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
1225
1225
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 5475U
4C 8T @ 2.7 GHz
1224
1224
Intel Xeon Gold 6256
12C 24T @ 3.6 GHz
1222
1222

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

AMD Ryzen 9 4900U
8C 16T @ 2.0 GHz
501
501
Intel Core i5-10600KF
6C 12T @ 4.1 GHz
501
501
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
501
501
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
8C 16T @ 3.6 GHz
501
501
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
6C 12T @ 3.8 GHz
501
501

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
8C 16T @ 3.7 GHz
211.2
211.2
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
8C 16T @ 3.0 GHz
208
208
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
202
202
Intel Core i9-11900KB
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
200
200
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS
8C 16T @ 3.0 GHz
191
191

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
8C 16T @ 3.7 GHz
156
156
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650G
6C 12T @ 3.9 GHz
153
153
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
8C 16T @ 3.3 GHz
148
148
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5875U
8C 16T @ 2.0 GHz
147
147
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
6C 12T @ 3.6 GHz
146
146