AMD Ryzen 7 5800 vs AMD Ryzen 9 4900U

Processor comparisons   17-03-2021
   If you can't decide which CPU to buy, you can make a decision after reading the comprehensive tests AMD Ryzen 7 5800 vs AMD Ryzen 9 4900U and understand which is better for games or normal use for streaming, programming, rendering, machine learning, video editing. Here is useful information from real video editing and streaming tests or various benchmarks. A thorough review of all the specifications, to make it easier to understand, is summarized in the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint testing in synthetic type tests like 7zip, MATLAB, Blender, DaVinci Resolve Studio, Gears 5, VeraCrypt, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), PCMark 10, RealBench, SuperPi, Blender, GeekBench 6, 5.2, PassMark, 3DMark, AIDA64, Prime95, WPrime, Handbrake, Dolphin Emulator, Furmark, UserBenchmark, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark.
   And how good the CPUs are in games:

Cyberpunk 2077
Fallout 76
Apex Legends
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
DOOM: Eternal
Watch Dogs Legion
Valorant
Rainbow Six Siege
Death Stranding
Valheim
Overwatch
Borderlands 3
Grand Theft Auto V
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone
Fortnite
Last Man Standing
Halo Infinite
Red Dead Redemption 2
Assassin's Creed Valhalla

After reading the results of parallel benchmarks and videos, you already be able to figure out which processor is better to buy for gaming AMD Ryzen 9 4900U or AMD Ryzen 7 5800.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Ryzen 7 5800

56%

Ryzen 9 4900U

56%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Ryzen 7 5800

56%

Ryzen 9 4900U

53%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor currently available. And it is clear that this is a server processor, on which no one will run games. Because the cost of this processor reaches several tens of thousands of dollars. Therefore, if you think that the selected CPU has a small game result, just look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the summary table below.
List of other games in which CPU comparisons were performed: Metro Exodus, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Monster Hunter World, League of Legends (LOL), Hitman 3, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Battlefield V, Half-Life: Alyx, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Ghostrunner, Forza Horizon 4, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, DOTA 2A, Horizon Zero Dawn, Control, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), NBA 2K20.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	99.9	94.6
Valorant	113.6	107.5
Cyberpunk 2077	63.6	60.2
Apex Legends	106.7	101.0
Call of Duty Warzone	85.2	80.6
Overwatch	92.0	87.0
Red Dead Redemption 2	78.4	74.1
DOOM Eternal	56.8	53.7
Warzone	88.6	83.8
Assassin's Creed	95.4	90.3
Valheim	94.3	89.2

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The computers participating in the comparing not only were the equipped with different amounts of RAM and different video cards. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, 4K or FullHD. Therefore, the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. You will get more accurate information about how powerful the processor will be in games, if you compare it in one assembly with the video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Ryzen 7 5800

124%

Ryzen 9 4900U

267%

To make a finishing resolution on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. It is clear that the newer the generation, the better the performance of the processor in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Ryzen 9 4900U is more energy efficient than the Ryzen 7 5800 as it consumes less power: 45W vs. 15W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, it will be useful to know its TDP. You need to buy a cooler that has the TDP data specified in the specification was greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

Let's say you plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for streaming, machine learning, video rendering or video editing, programming, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to reach maximum efficiency, the CPU turns on all threads and cores that it has. You will find out this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to find out whether the software that you are going to use on your computer can work in multi-threaded mode. Since there are still many programs that use only one core to work, and all the advantages of multi-core mode are unused.
Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	AMD Ryzen 7 5800	AMD Ryzen 9 4900U
Cinbench 15 Single-core	204	208
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	1976	1398
Cinbench 20 Single-core	475	503
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	4330	3307
Cinbench 23 Single-core	1572	1270
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	14065	10053

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Ryzen 7 5800	AMD Ryzen 9 4900U
Single-Core	3136	2015
Multi-Core	21788	21586

GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Ryzen 7 5800	AMD Ryzen 9 4900U
Single-Core	1687	1203
Multi-Core	11697	6431

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most helpful will be the the possibility of overclocking it and release date of the processor. The later the processor is released, the longer it will last in your computer. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system later. The same can be said about overclocking. When the processor can be overclocked, increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS even in the newest games. The savings are obvious! It turns out that you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	AMD Ryzen 7 5800	AMD Ryzen 9 4900U
Announcement date	January 01, 2021	January 12, 2021
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FP6	FP6
Core name	Vermeer	Renoir
Architecture	Zen 3	Zen 2
Generation	3	4
Turbo Frequency	4.4 MHz	4.4 MHz
Frequency	3.2 MHz	2 MHz
Cores	8	8
Threads	16	16
Bus rate
Bit	64	64
Lithography	7 nm	7 nm
Transistors count	6200 millions	8600 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	45 W	15 W
Memory type	DDR4	DDR4-3200 LPDDR4-4266
Max. Memory		32 Gb
Memory Frequency	3200	4266
Memory bandwidth
L1 cache
L2 cache	4MB	2MB
L3 cache	32MB	8MB
Overclocking	Yes	Yes
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	100-000000063 100-100000063WOF

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Ryzen 7 5800 is 37% better than Ryzen 9 4900U in terms of CPU frequency. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which AMD Ryzen 7 5800 is better: 21
The number of parameters for which AMD Ryzen 9 4900U is better: 9
However, it should be realized that all the figures in the article above do not mean that taking them into account you should entirely trust a simple comparison of these figures. Better to watch the testing video and read the opinion of of people who bought AMD Ryzen 7 5800 and AMD Ryzen 9 4900U before making a choice which processor to buy for gaming and which not.

• AMD Ryzen 7 5800 specs and review.

• AMD Ryzen 9 4900U specs and review.