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日本AMD Ryzen 7 4800H vs Intel Core i9-9880H – AMD is hunting Titans
It looks like AMD is going to cause an earthquake with the upcoming release of the new Zen 2-based CPUs. We have made some comparisons based on the leaked results related to the still unreleased new AMD Ryzen processors. The results are inevitable – the 4800H is much faster than i7-1065G7 and i7-9750H. In addition, the 4800U is way faster when compared to i7-1065G7 – both CPUs have a 15W TDP. At least for now, the current-gen Intel CPUs are on their knees when fighting with the upcoming “red” processors.
Intel has more tricks up in their sleeve – the Coffee Lake-based Core i9-9880H is one of them. That’s right, it has the same core count as the AMD one and its TDP is 45W – just like 4800H. The i9-9880H looks like a worthy competitor. A CPU as the latter is a dream for gamers, designers, and content creators – it’s blazing fast and offers stutter-free experience no matter the load. Unfortunately (for Intel), AMD wants a big piece of the pie for themselves.
Let’s compare those two monstrous CPUs and we’ll see how big the piece of the pie for AMD is going to be (and is it tasty or not).
Of course, as soon as we get our hands on the new Ryzen CPUs, we’ll update this article with results from our own lab.
Quick Specs
This time, the AMD Ryzen 7 4800H doesn’t look so powerful, at least on paper. It has the same core and thread count as Core i9-9880H. The latter has a 600 MHz higher boost frequency than 4800H (4.20 GHz vs 4.80 GHz) but the AMD processor has a 600 MHz higher base frequency (2.90 GHz vs 2.30 GHz) than its Intel rival. Both CPUs have equal TDP levels – 45W.
It looks like Intel uses “two cups of coffee” for the i9-9880H because this Coffee Lake CPU has a huge cache size of 16MB – two times more than the AMD one. As always, the modern Zen 2 CPUs has higher memory supported frequencies – DDR4-3200MHz; LPDDR4-4266MHz vs DDR4-2666, LPDDR3-2133 for Intel. The Coffee Lake processor shows its age in this section.
For now, this looks like a fifty-fifty situation. Maybe the results are going to be close? Who knows, let’s check them out.
More detailed specs here – AMD Ryzen 7 4800H / Core i9-9880H
Specs table:
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | Intel Core i9-9880H | |
|---|---|---|
| Cores / Threads | 8 / 16 | 8 / 16 |
| Base / Max frequency | 2.90 – 4.20 GHz | 2.30 – 4.80 GHz |
| Cache | 8 MB L3 Cache | 16 MB L3 Cache |
| TDP / up / down | 45W / 54W / 35W | 45W / – / 35W |
| Memory support | DDR4-3200MHz; LPDDR4-4266MHz | DDR4-2666, LPDDR3-2133 |
CPU Benchmarks
Hm, fine, the 4800H is 13% faster here. The performance can vary from a machine to machine and that applies for both CPUs – but both processors are (kinda) close in terms of CPU performance. No matter what, the 4800H is decently faster.
Results are from the Cinebench 20 CPU test (the higher the score, the better)
Results are from our Photoshop benchmark test (the lower the score, the better)
GPU Benchmarks
The AMD RX Vega 7 is 312% faster than UHD 630. Anyone with an i9-9880H laptop with UHD 630 only? Probably no one. Anyways, the new AMD integrated graphics with 7 CUs is a monster of an iGPU.
| AMD RX Vega 7 | Intel UHD 630 | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Firestrike | 5068 | 1203 | 312% |
Verdict
Of course, as soon as we get our hands on the new Ryzen CPUs, we’ll update this article with results from our own lab.
In this comparison, we saw two important things. The first one is that the 4800H is a bit faster or perhaps on par with 16-core Coffee Lake CPU (it’ll depend on the specific workloads). Maybe the current processor kings are going to be dethroned by AMD – we will find the answer soon. The second thing is something else – this time the real hero in this comparison is the AMD RX Vega 7.
That is an advantage for the Zen 2 CPUs as 4800H – it will come with a super iGPU and the combo looks fantastic – one big chip that rules everything (computing and graphics tasks). Core i9-9880H is always bundled with some dedicated iGPU that takes more space inside of the laptop, additionally heats up the internals, and consumes more power. The AMD APU is more efficient and even more compact as a whole “ecosystem”. It’s true, an i9-9880H plus some dedicated GPU is a much more power-hungry combo than 4800H that has everything you need under the CPU cooler – and it fits in a 45W TDP.
The AMD Ryzen 7 4800H and Intel Core i9-9880H are close performers in terms of raw CPU power but the 4800H offers the better value thanks to its excellent iGPU.
