AMD Ryzen 9 4900H vs Intel Core i5-11500

Processor comparisons   24-03-2021
   You may have difficulties with the choice of a processor, you will solve them by reading the full tests AMD Ryzen 9 4900H vs Intel Core i5-11500 and see which is better for games or simple use for video editing, streaming, rendering, machine learning, programming. Here is all information from various benchmarks or real video editing and streaming tests. A careful analysis of all the technical characteristics, to make it easier to understand, is made by the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of joint testing in synthetic type tests like WPrime, GeekBench 6, 5.2, UserBenchmark, SuperPi, Blender, PCMark 10, Prime95, Dolphin Emulator, PassMark, 3DMark, 7zip, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, AIDA64, VeraCrypt, DaVinci Resolve Studio, MATLAB, Handbrake, Furmark, Blender, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), Gears 5, RealBench.
   Gaming performance of processors in:

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

After reading the results of all benchmarks and videos, you already be able to know which CPU is better to buy for gaming Intel Core i5-11500 or AMD Ryzen 9 4900H.

Summary benchmark results

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

Ryzen 9 4900H

55%

Core i5-11500

55%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Ryzen 9 4900H

54%

Core i5-11500

54%

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

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	95.8	95.7
Valorant	108.9	108.8
Cyberpunk 2077	61.0	60.9
Apex Legends	102.4	102.3
Call of Duty Warzone	81.7	81.6
Overwatch	88.2	88.1
Red Dead Redemption 2	75.1	75.1
DOOM Eternal	54.4	54.4
Warzone	84.9	84.9
Assassin's Creed	91.5	91.4
Valheim	90.4	90.3

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 comparisons not only were the equipped with different video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, FullHD or 4K. 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 9 4900H

87%

Core i5-11500

81%

To make a finishing choice on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. The newer the processor generation, the better its performance in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Ryzen 9 4900H is more energy efficient than the Core i5-11500 as it consumes less power: 45W vs. 65W. Power consumption is particularly important for laptops. And TDP should be taken into account when choosing a processor cooling system. 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 want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for machine learning, streaming, programming, video editing or video rendering, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, the processor uses all cores and threads that it has to the maximum to achieve maximum performance. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to make sure that the program that you are going to use on your computer can work in multi-threaded mode. Because there are still many programs that can 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 9 4900H	Intel Core i5-11500
Cinbench 15 Single-core	204	186
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	1937	1783
Cinbench 20 Single-core	501	435
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	4332	3994
Cinbench 23 Single-core	1284	1135
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	11061	10572

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

	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H	Intel Core i5-11500
Single-Core	2756	2532
Multi-Core	19148	19286

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

	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H	Intel Core i5-11500
Single-Core	1183	1584
Multi-Core	7670	7583

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the processor release date and overclocking capability will be the most useful. The newer the processor, the longer it will last in your computer. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system in the future. The same benefits from the presence of overclocking. When the processor can be overclocked, thereby increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS in new games. The economy are obvious! Accordingly, you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H	Intel Core i5-11500
Announcement date	April 01, 2020	January 20, 2021
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Socket	FP6	FCLGA1200
Core name	Renoir	Rocket Lake
Architecture	Zen 2	x86
Generation	2	11
Turbo Frequency	4.4 MHz	4.6 MHz
Frequency	3.3 MHz	2.7 MHz
Cores	8	6
Threads	16	12
Bus rate		8 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography		14 nm
Transistors count	8600 millions	5400 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	45 W	65 W
Memory type		DDR4-3200
Max. Memory		128 Gb
Memory Frequency		3200
Memory bandwidth		50 GB/s
L1 cache
L2 cache		3 MB
L3 cache		12 MB
Overclocking	No	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Ryzen 9 4900H is 18% better than Core i5-11500 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Ryzen 9 4900H has 2 more core than Core i5-11500. 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 9 4900H is better: 22
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i5-11500 is better: 11
Although it should be realized that all the figures in the table above do not mean that taking them into account you should undividedly trust a simple quantitative comparison. Better to watch the video tests and read the opinion of of people who bought AMD Ryzen 9 4900H and Intel Core i5-11500 before making a decision which of the CPUs to buy for gaming.

AMD Ryzen 9 4900H - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• AMD Ryzen 9 4900H specs and review.

Intel Core i5-11500 - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• Intel Core i5-11500 specs and review.