Intel Core i7-11390H vs AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i7-11390H CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
Intel Core i7-11390H AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Intel Core i7-11390H and the AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Intel Core i7-11390H 4 core processor released in Q2/2021 with the AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS which has 8 CPU cores and was introduced in Q2/2020.
Intel Core i7 (298) Family AMD Ryzen 9 (35)
Intel Core i 11000H (17) CPU group AMD Ryzen 4000H (6)
11 Generation 3
Tiger Lake H Architecture Renoir (Zen 2)
Mobile Segment Mobile
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-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-11390H is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.40 GHz (5.00 GHz). The processor can compute 8 threads at the same time. The AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS clocks with 3.00 GHz (4.30 GHz), has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel.

Intel Core i7-11390H Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
4 Cores 8
8 Threads 16
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
3.40 GHz Frequency 3.00 GHz
5.00 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.30 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.90 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.

Intel Core i7-11390H Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
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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.

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Tiger Lake) GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir)
0.40 GHz GPU frequency 0.40 GHz
1.40 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.75 GHz
12 GPU Generation 9
10 nm Technology 7 nm
4 Max. displays 3
96 Compute units 8
768 Shader 512
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory 8 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.

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Tiger Lake) GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir)
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 Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode 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 Intel Core i7-11390H, while the AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s enabled.

Intel Core i7-11390H Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
LPDDR4X-4266, DDR4-3200 Memory LPDDR4-4266, DDR4-3200
64 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
68.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
No ECC Yes
5.00 MB L2 Cache --
12.00 MB L3 Cache 8.00 MB
4.0 PCIe version 3.0
4 PCIe lanes 12
7.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Intel Core i7-11390H has a TDP of 35 W. The TDP of the AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS is 35 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Intel Core i7-11390H Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
35 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 35 W
60 W @ 58 s TDP (PL2) --
48 W TDP up 54 W
28 W TDP down 35 W
100 °C Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-11390H has 17.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 10 nm. The cache of AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS is at 8.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 7 nm.

Intel Core i7-11390H Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
10 nm Technology 7 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
BGA 1526 Socket FP6
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2021 Release date Q2/2020
426 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i7-11390H (100%)
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS (79%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i7-11390H (71%)
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS (100%)

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.
Intel Core i7-11390H Intel Core i7-11390H
4C 8T @ 5.00 GHz
1592 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
8C 16T @ 4.30 GHz
1207 (76%)

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.
Intel Core i7-11390H Intel Core i7-11390H
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
5712 (73%)
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
8C 16T @ 3.90 GHz
7842 (100%)

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.
Intel Core i7-11390H Intel Core i7-11390H
4C 8T @ 5.00 GHz
1948 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
8C 16T @ 4.30 GHz
1586 (81%)

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.
Intel Core i7-11390H Intel Core i7-11390H
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
5625 (77%)
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
8C 16T @ 3.90 GHz
7281 (100%)

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.
Intel Core i7-11390H Intel Core i7-11390H
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Tiger Lake) @ 1.40 GHz
2147 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir) @ 1.75 GHz
1792 (83%)

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.
Intel Core i7-11390H Intel Core i7-11390H
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
12310 (64%)
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
8C 16T @ 3.90 GHz
19255 (100%)

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.
Intel Core i7-11390H Intel Core i7-11390H
4C 8T @ 5.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
8C 16T @ 4.30 GHz
1246 (100%)

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.
Intel Core i7-11390H Intel Core i7-11390H
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
8C 16T @ 3.90 GHz
11006 (100%)

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.
Intel Core i7-11390H Intel Core i7-11390H
4C 8T @ 5.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
8C 16T @ 4.30 GHz
495 (100%)

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.
Intel Core i7-11390H Intel Core i7-11390H
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
8C 16T @ 3.90 GHz
4315 (100%)

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.
Intel Core i7-11390H Intel Core i7-11390H
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
8C 16T @ 3.90 GHz
208 (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.
Intel Core i7-11390H Intel Core i7-11390H
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz
4740 (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.
Intel Core i7-11390H Intel Core i7-11390H
4C 8T @ 5.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
8C 16T @ 4.30 GHz
200 (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.
Intel Core i7-11390H Intel Core i7-11390H
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
8C 16T @ 3.90 GHz
1918 (100%)

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Intel Core i7-11390H AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
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