AMD Ryzen 5 4680U Microsoft Surface Edition vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U: comparison

Comparison of AMD Ryzen 5 4680U Microsoft Surface Edition and AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U: key differences and a full specification table.

Key differences

AMD Ryzen 5 4680U Microsoft Surface Edition has a higher base clock (2.2 GHz vs 1.9 GHz).

At the same time, AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U has more cores (8 vs 6), more threads (16 vs 12), a higher maximum clock (4.4 GHz vs 4 GHz) and a larger L3 cache (16 MB vs 8 MB).

Both processors match on: TDP (15 W), process node (7 nm), PCIe version (3).

These are specification values: they show differences between the models but do not determine a performance winner. For a specific workload, rely on independent benchmarks.

Key specifications

ParameterAMD Ryzen 5 4680U Microsoft Surface EditionAMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U
Cores / threads 6 / 12 8 / 16
Max boost clock 4 GHz 4.4 GHz
L3 cache 8 MB 16 MB
TDP 15 W 15 W
Process 7 nm 7 nm
Integrated graphics Radeon Graphics AMD Radeon Graphics

Full specification table

Differing values are highlighted. This is not a better/worse rating: numbers from different architectures are not always comparable.

Parameter AMD Ryzen 5 4680U Microsoft Surface Edition AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U
General
Codename Renoir Cezanne
Segment Mobile Mobile
Product line AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile Processors with Radeon Graphics Microsoft Surface Edition AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5000 Series Mobile Processors
Product family AMD Ryzen Processors AMD Ryzen PRO Processors
Process 7 nm 7 nm
Launch date 04/13/2021 03/16/2021
Unlocked for overclocking No No
Operating system support Windows Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
CPU
Cores 6 8
Threads 12 16
Base clock 2.2 GHz 1.9 GHz
Max boost clock 4 GHz 4.4 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB —
L2 cache 3 MB 4 MB
L3 cache 8 MB 16 MB
TDP 15 W 15 W
Configurable TDP 10–25 W —
Memory
Memory types LPDDR4 DDR4, LPDDR4
Memory channels 2 —
Max memory speed 4.267 GHz 3.2 GHz
Graphics
Integrated graphics Radeon Graphics AMD Radeon Graphics
Has integrated graphics Yes Yes
Graphics max frequency 1.5 GHz 2 GHz
Graphics units 7 8
I/O and interfaces
PCI Express revision 3 3
Package and thermal
Sockets supported FP6 FP6
TJUNCTION 105 °C 105 °C
Security and virtualization
Supported technologies AMD "Zen" Core Architecture, AMD FreeSync Technology, DirectX 12 Technology —
Identifiers
Product ID (OEM) — 100-000000289

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