Intel Core i7-4600M vs AMD Ryzen 5 8600G

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 2 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1394 points
7604 points
445% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2774 points
10588 points
281% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1034 points
6642 points
542% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

992 points
6422 points
547% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

30.90 points
173.75 points
462% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1926 points
10810 points
461% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1013 points
2486 points
145% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
6
200% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
12
200% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
4.35 GHz
49% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
5 GHz
38% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

37 W
75% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

841st of 1,089
160th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 November
2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i7-4600M vs Ryzen 5 8600G specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 8600G performs better than the Core i7-4600M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4600M in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 8600G has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-4600M that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4600M. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 8600G has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4600M. Also, the Ryzen 5 8600G has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4600M CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 8600G CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-4600M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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