AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 5000U AMD Ryzen 5000
• Family
  Ryzen PRO AMD Ryzen
• Form Factor
  Laptops / Desktops -
• Generation
  4 4
• Predecessor
  - AMD Ryzen 9 3900
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Series
  Ryzen PRO 5000 Series -

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  1.9 GHz 3.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  8 12
• CPU Threads
  16 24
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Max. Boost Clock
  4.4 GHz -
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.4 GHz 4.7 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  3.4 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (12 Cores)
  - 4.3 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 -
• Execution units
  8 -
• Generation
  9 -
• GPU Frequency
  2000 MHz -
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon Graphics no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Graphics Cores
  8 -
• Max. displays
  3 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB -
• Release date
  Q1/2020 -
• Shader
  512 -
• Technology
  7 nm -

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 9 5900 and AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4 / LPDDR4 DDR4-3200
• PCIe
  PCIe 3.0 -
• PCIe lanes
  12 20
• PCIe version
  3.0 4.0
• System Memory Specification
  3200 / 4266 -

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U and AMD Ryzen 9 5900 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Default TDP
  15 W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  105 °C 95 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 65 W
• TDP down
  10 W -
• TDP up
  25 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U and AMD Ryzen 9 5900, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cezanne (Zen 3) Vermeer (Zen 3)
• Codename
  Cezanne -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  4 MB 6 MB
• L3-Cache
  16 MB 64 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  100-000000289 -
• Operating systems
  Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit -
• Release date
  2021-03-16 Q2/2021
• Socket
  FP6 AM4
• Technology
  TSMC 7nm FinFET 7 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V, SVM