AMD Ryzen 9 4900H vs Intel Celeron 5205U

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AMD Ryzen 9 4900H CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Celeron 5205U
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H Intel Celeron 5205U

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the AMD Ryzen 9 4900H and the Intel Celeron 5205U and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the AMD Ryzen 9 4900H 8 core processor released in Q2/2020 with the Intel Celeron 5205U which has 2 CPU cores and was introduced in Q4/2019.
AMD Ryzen 9 (35) Family Intel Celeron (165)
AMD Ryzen 4000H (6) CPU group Intel Celeron 5000 (2)
3 Generation 10
Renoir (Zen 2) Architecture Comet Lake U
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor Intel Celeron 4205U
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 9 4900H is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.30 GHz (4.40 GHz). The processor can compute 16 threads at the same time. The Intel Celeron 5205U clocks with 1.90 GHz, has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel.

AMD Ryzen 9 4900H Characteristic Intel Celeron 5205U
8 Cores 2
16 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.30 GHz Frequency 1.90 GHz
4.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
4.00 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AMD Ryzen 9 4900H Characteristic Intel Celeron 5205U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir) GPU Intel UHD Graphics (Comet Lake)
0.40 GHz GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
1.75 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.90 GHz
9 GPU Generation 9.5
7 nm Technology 14 nm
3 Max. displays 3
8 Compute units 24
512 Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
8 GB Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
12 DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir) GPU Intel UHD Graphics (Comet Lake)
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Up to 64 GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the AMD Ryzen 9 4900H, while the Intel Celeron 5205U supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 38.4 GB/s enabled.

AMD Ryzen 9 4900H Characteristic Intel Celeron 5205U
LPDDR4-4266, DDR4-3200 Memory LPDDR3-2133, DDR4-2400
64 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
51.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
8.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 2.0
12 PCIe lanes 12
11.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 6.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The AMD Ryzen 9 4900H has a TDP of 45 W. The TDP of the Intel Celeron 5205U is 15 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

AMD Ryzen 9 4900H Characteristic Intel Celeron 5205U
45 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
54 W TDP up --
35 W TDP down 12.5 W
105 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 9 4900H has 8.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 7 nm. The cache of Intel Celeron 5205U is at 2.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 14 nm.

AMD Ryzen 9 4900H Characteristic Intel Celeron 5205U
7 nm Technology 14 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
FP6 Socket BGA 1528
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2020 Release date Q4/2019
-- Release price 128 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H (100%)
Intel Celeron 5205U (30%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H (100%)
Intel Celeron 5205U (9%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
1225 (100%)
Intel Celeron 5205U Intel Celeron 5205U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
457 (37%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
7911 (100%)
Intel Celeron 5205U Intel Celeron 5205U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
840 (11%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
1659 (100%)
Intel Celeron 5205U Intel Celeron 5205U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
385 (23%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
7405 (100%)
Intel Celeron 5205U Intel Celeron 5205U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
636 (9%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir) @ 1.75 GHz
1792 (100%)
Intel Celeron 5205U Intel Celeron 5205U
Intel UHD Graphics (Comet Lake) @ 0.90 GHz
361 (20%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
19330 (100%)
Intel Celeron 5205U Intel Celeron 5205U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
1455 (8%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
1284 (100%)
Intel Celeron 5205U Intel Celeron 5205U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
11061 (100%)
Intel Celeron 5205U Intel Celeron 5205U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
501 (100%)
Intel Celeron 5205U Intel Celeron 5205U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
4332 (100%)
Intel Celeron 5205U Intel Celeron 5205U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
0 (0%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
148 (100%)
Intel Celeron 5205U Intel Celeron 5205U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
0 (0%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
202 (100%)
Intel Celeron 5205U Intel Celeron 5205U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz
4807 (100%)
Intel Celeron 5205U Intel Celeron 5205U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
204 (100%)
Intel Celeron 5205U Intel Celeron 5205U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
1937 (100%)
Intel Celeron 5205U Intel Celeron 5205U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
0 (0%)

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