AMD Ryzen 9 5900H vs Intel Core i7-10850H

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Ryzen 9 5900H CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i7-10850H
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H Intel Core i7-10850H

CPU comparison

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H or Intel Core i7-10850H - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD Ryzen 9 5900H has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.60 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 9 5900H was released in Q2/2021.

The Intel Core i7-10850H has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.10 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-10850H was released in Q2/2020.
AMD Ryzen 9 (34) Family Intel Core i7 (293)
AMD Ryzen 5000H (11) CPU group Intel Core i 10000H (11)
4 Generation 10
Cezanne (Zen 3) Architecture Comet Lake H
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor Intel Core i7-9850H
-- Successor Intel Core i7-11850H

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 9 5900H is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.10 GHz (4.60 GHz). The Intel Core i7-10850H has 6 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.70 GHz (5.10 GHz).

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H Characteristic Intel Core i7-10850H
8 Cores 6
16 Threads 12
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
Yes Overclocking ? No
3.10 GHz Frequency 2.70 GHz
4.60 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 5.10 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.40 GHz

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 5900H Characteristic Intel Core i7-10850H
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir) GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
0.40 GHz GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
1.75 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.15 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 64 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 630
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

The AMD Ryzen 9 5900H supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-10850H can connect up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H Characteristic Intel Core i7-10850H
DDR4-3200 Memory DDR4-2933
64 GB Max. Memory 128 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
51.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 45.8 GB/s
Yes ECC No
4.00 MB L2 Cache --
16.00 MB L3 Cache 12.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
12 PCIe lanes 16
11.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Ryzen 9 5900H has a TDP of 45 W, that of the Intel Core i7-10850H is 45 W.

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H Characteristic Intel Core i7-10850H
45 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 45 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
54 W TDP up --
-- TDP down 35 W
95 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 9 5900H has a 20.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i7-10850H cache has a total of 12.00 MB.

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H Characteristic Intel Core i7-10850H
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, AVX2
AM4 (PGA 1331) Socket BGA 1440
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
Q2/2021 Release date Q2/2020
-- Release price 395 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

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 5900H AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
1478 (100%)
Intel Core i7-10850H Intel Core i7-10850H
6C 12T @ 5.10 GHz
1196 (81%)

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 5900H AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
12892 (100%)
Intel Core i7-10850H Intel Core i7-10850H
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
7455 (58%)

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 5900H AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
1488 (100%)
Intel Core i7-10850H Intel Core i7-10850H
6C 12T @ 5.10 GHz
1277 (86%)

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 5900H AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
8449 (100%)
Intel Core i7-10850H Intel Core i7-10850H
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
6251 (74%)

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 5900H AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
578 (100%)
Intel Core i7-10850H Intel Core i7-10850H
6C 12T @ 5.10 GHz
490 (85%)

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 5900H AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
4998 (100%)
Intel Core i7-10850H Intel Core i7-10850H
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
2839 (57%)

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 5900H AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir) @ 1.75 GHz
1792 (100%)
Intel Core i7-10850H Intel Core i7-10850H
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.15 GHz
442 (25%)

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 5900H AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
21400 (100%)
Intel Core i7-10850H Intel Core i7-10850H
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
12131 (57%)

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 5900H AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-10850H Intel Core i7-10850H
6C 12T @ 5.10 GHz
1571 (100%)

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 5900H AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-10850H Intel Core i7-10850H
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
6440 (100%)

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 5900H AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-10850H Intel Core i7-10850H
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
119 (100%)

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 5900H AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-10850H Intel Core i7-10850H
6C 12T @ 2.70 GHz
3225 (100%)

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 5900H AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-10850H Intel Core i7-10850H
6C 12T @ 5.10 GHz
210 (100%)

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 5900H AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-10850H Intel Core i7-10850H
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
1265 (100%)

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