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AMD Ryzen 9 4900U Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2024-04-12

The AMD Ryzen 9 4900U has 8 cores with 16 threads and is based on the 3. gen of the AMD Ryzen 9 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the FP6 socket and was released in Q1/2020. The AMD Ryzen 9 4900U scores 1,203 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 6,422 points.

At a glance
Name:	AMD Ryzen 9 4900U
Family:	AMD Ryzen 9 (41)
CPU group:	AMD Ryzen 4000U (11)
Architecture:	Renoir (Zen 2)
Technology:	7 nm
Segment:	Mobile
Generation:	3
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 9 4900U has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 9 4900U is 2.00 GHz (4.40 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads:	8 / 16
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	8x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	2.00 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	4.40 GHz
Turbo Frequency (8 Cores):	3.40 GHz

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--
NPU + CPU + iGPU:	--

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The AMD Ryzen 9 4900U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the AMD Ryzen 9 4900U uses the AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir), which has 512 texture shaders and 8 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name:	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir)
GPU frequency:	0.40 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	1.75 GHz
Compute units:	8
Shader:	512
Hardware Raytracing:	No
Release date:	Q1/2020

Max. displays:	3
Generation:	9
Direct X:	12
Technology:	7 nm
Max. GPU Memory:	8 GB
Frame Generation:	No

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.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	Decode / Encode
h264:	Decode / Encode
VP8:	Decode / Encode
VP9:	Decode / Encode

AV1:	No
AVC:	Decode / Encode
VC-1:	Decode
JPEG:	Decode / Encode

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 64 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 51.2 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

LPDDR4-4266 DDR4-3200	51.2 GB/s 51.2 GB/s
Max. Memory:	64 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	Yes
PCIe:	3.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth:	11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	15 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	25 W
TDP down:	10 W
Tjunction max.:	105 °C

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 9 4900U is made in 7 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 8.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology:	7 nm
Chip design:	Chiplet
Socket:	FP6
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	8.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux

Virtualization:	AMD-V, SVM
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release date:	Q1/2020
Release price:	--
Part Number:	--
Documents:	--

AMD Ryzen 9 4900U
8C 16T @ 2.00 GHz (4.40 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the AMD Ryzen 9 4900U have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

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 i9-10885H 8C 16T @ 5.30 GHz	1283
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900 12C 24T @ 4.30 GHz	1281
	Intel Core i9-7980XE 18C 36T @ 4.20 GHz	1281
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900U 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	1279
	AMD EPYC 7453 28C 56T @ 3.45 GHz	1277
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX 64C 128T @ 4.20 GHz	1276
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX 32C 64T @ 4.20 GHz	1276

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 5 4600G 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	1206
	Intel Core i5-9600 6C 6T @ 4.60 GHz	1206
	Intel Xeon W-2175 14C 28T @ 4.30 GHz	1206
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900U 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	1203
	Intel Xeon W-2225 4C 8T @ 4.60 GHz	1203
	Intel Xeon W-3275 28C 56T @ 4.60 GHz	1203
	Intel Xeon W-3275M 28C 56T @ 4.60 GHz	1203

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 Xeon Gold 6128 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	6455
	AMD Ryzen 5 4500 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	6432
	Intel Xeon E5-2667 v2 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz	6428
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900U 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	6422
	Intel Core i3-12100F 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	6422
	Intel Core i3-12100 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	6422
	Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4 10C 20T @ 2.60 GHz	6422

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 i7-10875H 8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz	506
	Intel Core i9-10910 10C 20T @ 5.00 GHz	503
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12C 24T @ 4.60 GHz	502
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900U 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	501
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	501
	Intel Core i5-10600KF 6C 12T @ 4.80 GHz	501
	Intel Core i5-10600K 6C 12T @ 4.80 GHz	501

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 i5-1235U 10C 12T @ 2.50 GHz	3321
	AMD Ryzen 5 4400GE 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	3305
	Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 12C 24T @ 2.90 GHz	3299
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900U 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	3292
	AMD Ryzen 5 4600H 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	3247
	Intel Core i3-12100F 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	3204
	Intel Core i3-12100 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	3204

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 i5-1340P Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake) @ 1.45 GHz	1797
	Intel Core i5-13500H Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake) @ 1.45 GHz	1797
	Intel Core i5-13505H Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake) @ 1.45 GHz	1797
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900U AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir) @ 1.75 GHz	1792
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7530U AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Renoir) @ 2.00 GHz	1792
	AMD Ryzen 5 7530U AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Renoir) @ 2.00 GHz	1792
	AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS Creator Edition AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir) @ 1.75 GHz	1792

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 i3-10320 4C 8T @ 4.60 GHz	206
	Intel Xeon W-2235 6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	206
	Intel Xeon E-2276M 6C 12T @ 4.70 GHz	205
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900U 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	204
	AMD Ryzen 7 4700 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	204
	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	204
	AMD Ryzen 7 4700G 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	204

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 Xeon E5-2648L v3 12C 24T @ 2.20 GHz	1404
	AMD Ryzen 7 1700 8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz	1403
	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz	1403
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900U 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	1384
	Intel Xeon W-2135 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	1382
	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3 10C 20T @ 2.60 GHz	1381
	AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	1380

Benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
596 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,500 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,472 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
659 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
608 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,087 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,106 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,103 entries

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