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AMD Ryzen 9 4900U vs AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q1/2020
AMD Ryzen 9 4900U
AMD Ryzen 9 4900U
Released
Q3/2019
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AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 9 4900U or AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900? Which processor is faster?

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

AMD Ryzen 9 4900U has a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. 8 Cores. Power consumption of 15 W. Released in Q1/2020.

AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 has a maximum frequency of 3.10 GHz. 12 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q3/2019.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 4900U Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 9 4900U
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    309 left arrow score
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 2% better overclocked clock speed

    4.40 GHz left arrow 4.30 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    15 W left arrow 65 W

Positions in all rankings

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

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    192 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    145 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    207 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    113 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    231 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    350 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    146 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    109 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 35% better clock speed

    3.10 GHz left arrow 2.00 GHz
  • More number of cores

    About 1.5 times more cores

    12 left arrow 8

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    363 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    181 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    26 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    6 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    109 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
    95 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 9 4900U AMD Ryzen 9 4900U
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
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 AMD Ryzen
  • Generation
    3 left arrow 3
  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 4000U left arrow AMD Ryzen 3000
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
    2.00 GHz left arrow 3.10 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    8 left arrow 12
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    4.40 GHz left arrow 4.30 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    16 left arrow 24
  • 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 no iGPU
  • GPU frequency
    1.75 GHz left arrow
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    8 left arrow
  • Shader
    512 left arrow
  • Max. GPU Memory
    2 GB left arrow --
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow
  • Generation
    9 left arrow
  • DirectX Version
    12 left arrow
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow
  • Release date
    Q1/2020 left arrow
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 No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow No
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 and AMD Ryzen 9 4900U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-3200LPDDR4-4266 left arrow DDR4-3200
  • Max. Memory
    64 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 4.0
  • PCIe lanes
    12 left arrow 20
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 4900U and AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    15 W left arrow 65 W
  • TDP up
    25 W left arrow --
  • TDP down
    10 W left arrow --
  • Tjunction max.
    105 °C left arrow 95 °C
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 4900U and AMD Ryzen 9 4900U, 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 AMD-V, SVM
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L3-Cache
    8.00 MB left arrow 64.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Renoir (Zen 2) left arrow Matisse (Zen 2)
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 7 nm
  • Socket
    FP6 left arrow AM4
  • Release date
    Q1/2020 left arrow Q3/2019

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 9 4900U and AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

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
1225
AMD Ryzen 9 4900U
1194
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900

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