i7-1185G7 vs Ryzen 9 4900H

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 9 4900H
2020
8 cores / 16 threads, 45 Watt
12.29
+84.8%
Core i7-1185G7
2020
4 cores / 8 threads, 28 Watt
6.65

Ryzen 9 4900H outperforms Core i7-1185G7 by an impressive 85% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 9 4900H and Core i7-1185G7 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking6341042
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)Intel Tiger Lake
Power efficiency25.3722.06
Architecture codenameRenoir-H (Zen 2) (2020)Tiger Lake-UP3 (2020−2021)
Release date16 March 2020 (4 years ago)2 September 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 4900H and Core i7-1185G7 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads168
Base clock speed3.3 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz4.8 GHz
Bus rateno data4 GT/s
Multiplier33no data
L1 cache512 KB96K (per core)
L2 cache4 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache8 MB12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm10 nm SuperFin
Die size156 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors9800 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 4900H and Core i7-1185G7 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 configuration11
SocketFP6FCBGA1449
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 4900H and Core i7-1185G7. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA, SHAIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
SIPP-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 9 4900H and Core i7-1185G7 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 4900H and Core i7-1185G7 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 4900H and Core i7-1185G7. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB64 GB
Max memory channels42
Maximum memory bandwidth68.27 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.35 GHz
Execution Unitsno data96

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 9 4900H and Core i7-1185G7 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 9 4900H and Core i7-1185G7 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680x4320@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 9 4900H and Core i7-1185G7 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 4900H and Core i7-1185G7.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 9 4900H 12.29
+84.8%
i7-1185G7 6.65

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.

Ryzen 9 4900H 19150
+84.7%
i7-1185G7 10369

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.

Ryzen 9 4900H 1549
i7-1185G7 1738
+12.2%

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.

Ryzen 9 4900H 6736
+26.5%
i7-1185G7 5324

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.

Ryzen 9 4900H 5946
i7-1185G7 8872
+49.2%

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.

Ryzen 9 4900H 40253
+49%
i7-1185G7 27025

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Ryzen 9 4900H 3.19
+81.2%
i7-1185G7 5.78

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Ryzen 9 4900H 23
+147%
i7-1185G7 9

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Ryzen 9 4900H 1927
+122%
i7-1185G7 866

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 9 4900H 193
i7-1185G7 217
+12.4%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 9 4900H 2.24
i7-1185G7 2.54
+13.4%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Ryzen 9 4900H 7.4
+27.6%
i7-1185G7 5.8

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Ryzen 9 4900H 111
+138%
i7-1185G7 47

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Ryzen 9 4900H 215
+8.1%
i7-1185G7 199

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Ryzen 9 4900H 4297
i7-1185G7 6045
+40.7%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 9 4900H 8012
+44.4%
i7-1185G7 5550

Blender(-)

Ryzen 9 4900H 247
i7-1185G7 579
+134%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 9 4900H 1232
i7-1185G7 1529
+24.2%

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 9 4900H 4727
i7-1185G7 5153
+9%

7-Zip

Ryzen 9 4900H 48976
+109%
i7-1185G7 23471

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 9 4900H 227
i7-1185G7 253
+11.5%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 12.29 6.65
Recency 16 March 2020 2 September 2020
Physical cores 8 4
Threads 16 8
Chip lithography 7 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 28 Watt

Ryzen 9 4900H has a 84.8% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

i7-1185G7, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 months, and 60.7% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 9 4900H is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i7-1185G7 in performance tests.


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