Intel Core i5-1250P vs AMD Ryzen 9 4900U

Processor comparisons   10-01-2022
   For example you are thinking about choosing a processor, you will be able to make a decision after reading the comprehensive tests Intel Core i5-1250P vs AMD Ryzen 9 4900U and decide which is better for games or simple use for machine learning, programming, streaming, rendering, video editing. Here is useful information from real video editing and streaming tests or several benchmarks. A careful analysis of all the technical characteristics, so that it can be easier to understand, is summarized in the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint testing in software tests like Blender, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), WPrime, Dolphin Emulator, MATLAB, PCMark 10, 7zip, Gears 5, GeekBench 6, 5.2, PassMark, Handbrake, DaVinci Resolve Studio, AIDA64, Blender, UserBenchmark, 3DMark, RealBench, SuperPi, Furmark, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, VeraCrypt, Prime95.
   And how good the CPUs are in games:

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

After looking at the data these benchmarks and videos, you already be able to know which CPU is better to buy for gaming AMD Ryzen 9 4900U or Intel Core i5-1250P.

Summary benchmark results

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

Core i5-1250P

56%

Ryzen 9 4900U

56%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Core i5-1250P

55%

Ryzen 9 4900U

53%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor at the moment. And of course, 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 processors were compared: DOTA 2A, Battlefield V, NBA 2K20, Monster Hunter World, Metro Exodus, Half-Life: Alyx, Hitman 3, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Horizon Zero Dawn, League of Legends (LOL), PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Control, Forza Horizon 4, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Ghostrunner, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	97.1	94.6
Valorant	110.4	107.5
Cyberpunk 2077	61.8	60.2
Apex Legends	103.8	101.0
Call of Duty Warzone	82.8	80.6
Overwatch	89.4	87.0
Red Dead Redemption 2	76.2	74.1
DOOM Eternal	55.2	53.7
Warzone	86.1	83.8
Assassin's Creed	92.7	90.3
Valheim	91.6	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 amounts of RAM and different video cards. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 4K, 2K or FullHD. Therefore, the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. To be sure exactly how much performance the processor will be in games, if you get acquainted with the benchmarks that are made with the same video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Core i5-1250P

189%

Ryzen 9 4900U

267%

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 4900U is more energy efficient than the Core i5-1250P as it consumes less power: 28W vs. 15W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, you must know its TDP. 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

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

	Intel Core i5-1250P	AMD Ryzen 9 4900U
Cinbench 15 Single-core	272	208
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	1991	1398
Cinbench 20 Single-core	653	503
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	4521	3307
Cinbench 23 Single-core	1527	1270
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	14904	10053

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

	Intel Core i5-1250P	AMD Ryzen 9 4900U
Single-Core	3574	2015
Multi-Core	20866	21586

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

	Intel Core i5-1250P	AMD Ryzen 9 4900U
Single-Core	1595	1203
Multi-Core	8965	6431

Comparison of specifications

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

	Intel Core i5-1250P	AMD Ryzen 9 4900U
Announcement date	January 07, 2022	January 12, 2021
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FCBGA1744	FP6
Core name	Alder Lake-P	Renoir
Architecture	x86	Zen 2
Generation	12	4
Turbo Frequency	4.4 MHz	4.4 MHz
Frequency	1.7 MHz	2 MHz
Cores	12	8
Threads	16	16
Bus rate	8 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	10 nm	7 nm
Transistors count	9800 millions	8600 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	28 W	15 W
Memory type	Up to DDR5 4800 MT/s Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s Up to LPDDR5 5200 MT/s Up to LPDDR4x 4267 MT/s	DDR4-3200 LPDDR4-4266
Max. Memory	64 Gb	32 Gb
Memory Frequency		4266
Memory bandwidth	45.8 GB/s
L1 cache
L2 cache		2MB
L3 cache	24 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 Ryzen 9 4900U is 15% better than Core i5-1250P in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Core i5-1250P has 4 more core than Ryzen 9 4900U. 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 i5-1250P is better: 27
The number of parameters for which AMD Ryzen 9 4900U is better: 8
Although it should be understood that the summary data in the table above do not mean that taking them into account you should totally trust a simple comparison of these figures. Be sure to watch benchmarks video and read the opinion of of people who bought Intel Core i5-1250P and AMD Ryzen 9 4900U before making a choice which of the CPUs to buy for gaming.

Intel Core i5-1250P - all data

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

• Intel Core i5-1250P specs and review.

• AMD Ryzen 9 4900U specs and review.