AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX vs Ryzen 9 5900HX
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX with 12-cores against the 3.3 GHz Ryzen 9 5900HX with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX
- Has 48 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
- Newer - released 4 years later
- More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 7 nanometers
- Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
- Has 4 more physical cores
- Supports up to 96 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
- 55% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3133 vs 2027 points
- 13% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.2 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
- More powerful Radeon RX Vega 8 integrated graphics: 2.2 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#74th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1550 MB/sec | 734.8 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 173.4 Klines/sec | 69 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 331.9 pages/sec | 145.5 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 520.3 Mpixels/sec | 256.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 334 pages/sec | 206.4 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 70 images/sec | 40.2 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 126.8 images/sec | 61 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 39.2 Mpixels/sec | 17.1 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | - | 85.1 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | - | 47 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | - | 52M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | - | 29.7M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | - | 17.9 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | - | 284.2 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | - | 894 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | - | 19.3B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 19.7 PPW | 12.9 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 243.8 PPW | 157.5 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | - | 407.4 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 5.87 PPW | 3.28 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Specifications
Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX and Ryzen 9 5900HXGeneral
| Vendor | Amd | Amd |
| Released | January 7, 2025 | January 12, 2021 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Zen 5 (Fire Range) | Zen 3 (Cezanne) |
| Model number | 9850HX | - |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon 610M | Radeon RX Vega 8 |
| Rival Equivalent | - Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | - Intel Core i9 11980HK |
| Successor | - | - AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (30th and 123rd place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 12 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 24 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.0 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5.2 GHz | 4.6 GHz |
| Total Cores | 12 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 24 | 16 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 30x | 33x |
| L1 Cache | 80K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 1MB (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 64MB (shared) | 16MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Package
| Fabrication Process | 4 nm | 7 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 55-75 W (configurable) | 35-54 W (configurable) |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 101 W | - |
| Socket | FL1 | FP6 |
| Peak Temperature | 100°C | 105°C |
Laptop processors ranking (#42nd place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Radeon 610M | Radeon RX Vega 8 |
| GPU Base Clock | 400 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 2200 MHz | 2100 MHz |
| Shading Units | 128 | 512 |
| TMUs | 8 | 32 |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| Execution Units | 2 | 8 |
| TGP | 15 W | 25 W |
iGPU FLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 8 compared to Radeon 610M
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - DDR5-5600 | - DDR4-3200 - LPDDR4-4266 |
| Max. Memory Size | 96 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | - | 68.27 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
| Official Site | AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX official page | AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 28 | 16 |
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