author: Bart Swiatek
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS is the Best Portable CPU on the Market
Reviews of the first laptop to feature an AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS CPU - the ROG Zephyrus G14 - leave no doubt: this is a real breakthrough. For the first time ever, AMD has created a processor dedicated to portable computers that clearly beats competitive products in its class.
IN A NUTSHELL:
- The Ryzen 9 4900HS is an extremely powerful CPU that is making a significant difference in the laptop CPU market;
- A computer equipped with this CPU can beat a few times heavier hardware with an Intel processor, and it runs really quietly.
The first tests of the new AMD processor dedicated to laptops - Ryzen 9 4900HS (as well as the computer of which it is the heart, i.e. ROG Zephyrus G14) - appeared on the web. It seems that we are dealing with a CPU that sets a new standard of quality for this segment of hardware market.
The processor in question is an 8-core and 16-thread model, with 4.3GHz clock for single core (in Boost mode) or 3.8GHz at even load for all cores. The CPU performs well in both scenarios - for example, in the Cinebench R20 benchmark, the CPU scores 4183 points (497 in the single-core test).
Ryzen 9 4900HS in the Cinebench R20 benchmark.
In Geekbench 4, the new AMD model scored 29920 / 5343 points (Multi / Single-Core), while in Geekbench 5 it was 7871 and 1199 points respectively. The processor did very well also in Rise of the Tomb Raider. Although in this case, it didn't make it to the top - ROG Zephyrus G14 has a GeForce RTX 2060 graphics card, so it can't compete with laptops equipped with RTX 2070 or 2080 - but it overtook Intel's competitive chip supported by the same class GPU.
Ryzen 9 4900HS in Rise of the Tomb Raider.
PCWorld's reviewer Gordon Mah Ung leaves no doubt that the AMD's new computing unit is a significant breakthrough for both the company and the laptop market as such.
"To put AMD’s Ryzen 4000 in perspective, you have to understand that in AMD’s 50-year history, it has never beaten Intel in laptops. It’s won a few battles in desktop: Athlon, Athlon 64, and the current desktop Ryzen chips. AMD’s fortunes change dramatically with the Ryzen 4000 chips, which are clearly the new leader in performance laptops.
Even more astonishing is AMD’s ability to offer so much performance in such tight thermal and power constraints. While a comparably thin Intel-based laptop would have to crank up fans to annoying levels, the Ryzen 9 4900HS can do so with relatively moderate fan noise.
Worse news for Intel, AMD’s Ryzen 4000 can spar with laptops that weigh two to even three times as much. This is something we frankly didn’t expect. Ryzen 4000 is without a doubt the most game-changing performance laptop CPU we’ve seen in years," says the review.