Samsung Exynos 5250 vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS

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Samsung Exynos 5250 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
Samsung Exynos 5250 AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS

CPU comparison

Samsung Exynos 5250 or AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS - 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 Samsung Exynos 5250 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.70 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 0 memory channels. The Samsung Exynos 5250 was released in Q4/2011.

The AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS was released in Q2/2021.
Samsung Exynos (46) Family AMD Ryzen 9 (34)
Samsung Exynos 5250 (1) CPU group AMD Ryzen 5000H (11)
2 Generation 4
Cortex-A15 Architecture Cezanne (Zen 3)
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Samsung Exynos 5250 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Samsung Exynos 5250 is 1.70 GHz while the AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS has 8 CPU cores and 16 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS is at 3.00 GHz (4.60 GHz).

Samsung Exynos 5250 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
2 Cores 8
2 Threads 16
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.70 GHz Frequency 3.00 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.60 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 4.00 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.

Samsung Exynos 5250 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Samsung Exynos 5250 or AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

ARM Mali-T604 MP4 GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir)
0.53 GHz GPU frequency 0.40 GHz
0.53 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.75 GHz
Midgard 1 GPU Generation 9
32nm Technology 7 nm
1 Max. displays 3
4 Compute units 8
64 Shader 512
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 8 GB
11 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.

ARM Mali-T604 MP4 GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Samsung Exynos 5250 can use up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 51.2 GB/s.

Samsung Exynos 5250 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
LPDDR3-800 Memory LPDDR4-4266, DDR4-3200
Max. Memory 64 GB
0 Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
No ECC No
1.00 MB L2 Cache 4.00 MB
-- L3 Cache 16.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 12
-- PCIe Bandwidth 11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Samsung Exynos 5250 is --, while the AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS has a TDP of 35 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Samsung Exynos 5250 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 35 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up 54 W
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The Samsung Exynos 5250 is manufactured in 32 nm and has 1.00 MB cache. The AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS is manufactured in 7 nm and has a 20.00 MB cache.

Samsung Exynos 5250 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
32 nm Technology 7 nm
Unknown Chip design Chiplet
Armv7-A (32 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
-- Socket FP6
None Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q4/2011 Release date Q2/2021
-- Release price --
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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.
Samsung Exynos 5250 Samsung Exynos 5250
ARM Mali-T604 MP4 @ 0.53 GHz
17 (1%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir) @ 1.75 GHz
1792 (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.
Samsung Exynos 5250 Samsung Exynos 5250
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
1478 (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.
Samsung Exynos 5250 Samsung Exynos 5250
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
12794 (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.
Samsung Exynos 5250 Samsung Exynos 5250
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
1488 (100%)

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.
Samsung Exynos 5250 Samsung Exynos 5250
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
8577 (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.
Samsung Exynos 5250 Samsung Exynos 5250
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
2004 (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.
Samsung Exynos 5250 Samsung Exynos 5250
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
6886 (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.
Samsung Exynos 5250 Samsung Exynos 5250
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
578 (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.
Samsung Exynos 5250 Samsung Exynos 5250
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
5002 (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.
Samsung Exynos 5250 Samsung Exynos 5250
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
161 (100%)

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.
Samsung Exynos 5250 Samsung Exynos 5250
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
22010 (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.
Samsung Exynos 5250 Samsung Exynos 5250
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz
5413 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Samsung Exynos 5250 AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
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