AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs AMD Ryzen 7 4700U

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 Mobile 8 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

4496 points
4% slightly better overall score
4283 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6035 points
6364 points
5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3997 points
10% slightly better multitasking score
3616 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3874 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score
3464 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

100.47 points
15% slightly higher Blender score
86.75 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

6468 points
7719 points
19% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4485 points
4973 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1048 points
1368 points
30% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4641 points
4938 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1085 points
1356 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
60% significantly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
4.2 GHz
16% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
15 W
333% significantly lower TDP

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

576 KiB
12% slightly more L1 cache
512 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
4 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

390th of 1,089
411th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Ryzen 7 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November
2020 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen 5 1600 vs Ryzen 7 4700U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 4700U performs better than the Ryzen 5 1600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 1600 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 4700U has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 1600 that has 6 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 1600 has more threads than the Ryzen 7 4700U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1600 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 4700U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 4700U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 4700U outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 1600 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 4700U has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 1600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 1600 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 4700U.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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