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AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS vs Intel Core i9-9900K. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q2/2020
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
Released
Q4/2018
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Intel Core i9-9900K
Intel Core i9-9900K

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS or Intel Core i9-9900K? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS has a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. 8 Cores. Power consumption of 35 W. Released in Q2/2020.

Intel Core i9-9900K has a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. 8 Cores. Power consumption of 95 W. Released in Q4/2018.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    299 left arrow score
  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    35 W left arrow 95 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    207 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    159 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    154 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    158 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    134 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    153 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    357 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    334 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    139 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    145 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    208 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 17% better clock speed

    3.60 GHz left arrow 3.00 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 14 % better overclocked clock speed

    5.00 GHz left arrow 4.30 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i9-9900K CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    186 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    132 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    131 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    117 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    63 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    115 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    294 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    288 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    57 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    663 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    154 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    3 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    89 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    31 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    72 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
    22 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    281 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
Intel Core i9-9900K Intel Core i9-9900K
CPU family and group

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

  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    AMD Ryzen left arrow Intel Core i9
  • Generation
    3 left arrow 9
  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 4000H left arrow Intel Core i 9000
  • Successor
    -- left arrow Intel Core i9-10900K
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Frequency
    3.00 GHz left arrow 3.60 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    8 left arrow 8
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    4.30 GHz left arrow 5.00 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    16 left arrow 16
  • Turbo (8 Cores)
    3.90 GHz left arrow 4.70 GHz
  • Hyperthreading
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
IGPU

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

  • GPU name
    AMD Radeon 8 Graphics (Renoir) left arrow Intel UHD Graphics 630
  • GPU frequency
    1.75 GHz left arrow 0.35 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow 1.20 GHz
  • Execution units
    8 left arrow 24
  • Shader
    512 left arrow 192
  • Max. GPU Memory
    2 GB left arrow 64 GB
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow 3
  • Generation
    9 left arrow 9.5
  • DirectX Version
    12 left arrow 12
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Release date
    Q1/2020 left arrow Q4/2017
Hardware codec support

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

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i9-9900K and AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-3200LPDDR4-4266 left arrow DDR4-2666
  • Max. Memory
    32 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 3.0
  • PCIe lanes
    12 left arrow 16
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS and Intel Core i9-9900K to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    35 W left arrow 95 W
  • TDP up
    54 W left arrow --
  • TDP (PL2)
    -- left arrow 119 W / 28 s
  • TDP down
    35 W left arrow --
  • Tjunction max.
    105 °C left arrow 100 °C
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS and AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
  • L3-Cache
    8.00 MB left arrow 16.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Renoir (Zen 2) left arrow Coffee Lake S Refresh
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Socket
    FP6 left arrow LGA 1151-2
  • Release date
    Q2/2020 left arrow Q4/2018

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS and Intel Core i9-9900K.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 SC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading
1246
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
1284
Intel Core i9-9900K
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 MC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows using a multi-core and hyperthreading
11006
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
12450
Intel Core i9-9900K
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 SC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading
495
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
518
Intel Core i9-9900K
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R20 MC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, using a multi-core and hyperthreading
4315
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
4995
Intel Core i9-9900K
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
200
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
219
Intel Core i9-9900K
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
1918
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
2245
Intel Core i9-9900K
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
1207
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
1342
Intel Core i9-9900K
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
7842
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
8779
Intel Core i9-9900K
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games
1792
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
461
Intel Core i9-9900K
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
Blender is Open Source Software, creating predefined 3D scenes and measuring the time to execute them
208
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
163.8
Intel Core i9-9900K

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