Intel Core i5-11500H vs AMD Ryzen 9 4900U

Processor comparisons   26-06-2021
   If there are difficulties with the choice of a CPU, you will solve them by reading the comprehensive tests Intel Core i5-11500H vs AMD Ryzen 9 4900U and understand which is better for games or simple use for machine learning, programming, video editing, rendering, streaming. Here is useful information from many benchmarks or real video editing and streaming tests. A step-by-step analysis of all the specifications, so that it can be easier to read, is summarized in the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of parallel examination in software tests such as Handbrake, Prime95, AIDA64, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, Furmark, DaVinci Resolve Studio, Blender, RealBench, WPrime, SuperPi, 7zip, MATLAB, 3DMark, Dolphin Emulator, Gears 5, Blender, PCMark 10, VeraCrypt, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), GeekBench 6, 5.2, PassMark, UserBenchmark.
   Gaming performance of CPUs in:

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

After looking at the data of all benchmarks and videos, you can already make an informed decision about which CPU is better to buy for gaming AMD Ryzen 9 4900U or Intel Core i5-11500H.

Summary benchmark results

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

Core i5-11500H

56%

Ryzen 9 4900U

56%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Core i5-11500H

54%

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 play games. Because the cost of this processor reaches several tens of thousands of dollars. Therefore, if you think that the selected CPU has a low game result, 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: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Metro Exodus, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Half-Life: Alyx, Battlefield V, Forza Horizon 4, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Horizon Zero Dawn, Monster Hunter World, Control, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Hitman 3, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), DOTA 2A, Ghostrunner, NBA 2K20, League of Legends (LOL).

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	96.6	94.6
Valorant	109.7	107.5
Cyberpunk 2077	61.4	60.2
Apex Legends	103.1	101.0
Call of Duty Warzone	82.3	80.6
Overwatch	88.9	87.0
Red Dead Redemption 2	75.7	74.1
DOOM Eternal	54.9	53.7
Warzone	85.6	83.8
Assassin's Creed	92.2	90.3
Valheim	91.1	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 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

Core i5-11500H

137%

Ryzen 9 4900U

267%

To make a final 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 Core i5-11500H since it has less power consumption: 45W vs. 15W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. And TDP should be taken into account when choosing a processor cooling system. It is necessary to calculate so that the TDP data specified in the cooler specification is 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 video rendering or video editing, machine learning, streaming, programming, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to achieve maximum performance, the CPU includes all threads and cores that it has. You will learn 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. 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

	Intel Core i5-11500H	AMD Ryzen 9 4900U
Cinbench 15 Single-core	198	208
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	1896	1398
Cinbench 20 Single-core	463	503
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	4248	3307
Cinbench 23 Single-core	1208	1270
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	11244	10053

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

	Intel Core i5-11500H	AMD Ryzen 9 4900U
Single-Core	2692	2015
Multi-Core	20515	21586

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

	Intel Core i5-11500H	AMD Ryzen 9 4900U
Single-Core	1854	1203
Multi-Core	8393	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.

	Intel Core i5-11500H	AMD Ryzen 9 4900U
Announcement date	June 20, 2021	January 12, 2021
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FCBGA1787	FP6
Core name	Tiger Lake	Renoir
Architecture	x86	Zen 2
Generation	11	4
Turbo Frequency	4.6 MHz	4.4 MHz
Frequency	2.9 MHz	2 MHz
Cores	6	8
Threads	12	16
Bus rate	8 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	10 nm	7 nm
Transistors count	5600 millions	8600 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	45 W	15 W
Memory type	Up to 3200 MT/s	DDR4-3200 LPDDR4-4266
Max. Memory	128 Gb	32 Gb
Memory Frequency	3200	4266
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s
L1 cache
L2 cache	3 MB	2MB
L3 cache	12 MB	8MB
Overclocking	No	Yes
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 Core i5-11500H is 31% better than Ryzen 9 4900U in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Ryzen 9 4900U has 2 more core than Core i5-11500H. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i5-11500H is better: 25
The number of parameters for which AMD Ryzen 9 4900U is better: 12
Although it should be realized that the summary data in the table above do not mean that you should be guided entirely by them and trust a simple comparison of these numbers. Be sure to watch benchmarks video and read the opinion of real owners of Intel Core i5-11500H and AMD Ryzen 9 4900U before making a selection which of the CPUs to buy for gaming.

Intel Core i5-11500H - all data

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

• Intel Core i5-11500H specs and review.

• AMD Ryzen 9 4900U specs and review.