Ryzen 9 4900HS vs Core 2 Duo T5900

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T5900 and Ryzen 9 4900HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated643
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 DuoAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Power efficiencyno data32.26
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Renoir (Zen 2) (2020)
Release date1 October 2008 (16 years ago)16 March 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T5900 and Ryzen 9 4900HS basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads216
Base clock speedno data3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz4.3 GHz
Bus rate800 MHzno data
Multiplierno data30
L1 cache128 KB512 KB
L2 cache2 MB4 MB
L3 cacheno data8 MB
Chip lithography65 nm7 nm
Die sizeno data156 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistorsno data9800 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T5900 and Ryzen 9 4900HS compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1
SocketSocket PFP6
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T5900 and Ryzen 9 4900HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
AMT+no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T5900 and Ryzen 9 4900HS technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo T5900 and Ryzen 9 4900HS are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo T5900 and Ryzen 9 4900HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-4266
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data4
Maximum memory bandwidthno data68.27 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo T5900 and Ryzen 9 4900HS.

PCIe versionno data3.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Core 2 Duo T5900 652
Ryzen 9 4900HS 18954
+2807%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Core 2 Duo T5900 273
Ryzen 9 4900HS 1441
+428%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Core 2 Duo T5900 466
Ryzen 9 4900HS 6362
+1265%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Core 2 Duo T5900 2123
Ryzen 9 4900HS 5866
+176%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Core 2 Duo T5900 3997
Ryzen 9 4900HS 37938
+849%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Core 2 Duo T5900 1864
Ryzen 9 4900HS 12448
+568%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2008 16 March 2020
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 2 16
Chip lithography 65 nm 7 nm

Ryzen 9 4900HS has an age advantage of 11 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 828.6% more advanced lithography process.

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