AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 4600U

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

4361 points
4375 points
0.32% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5968 points
6163 points
3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3844 points
0.68% slightly better multitasking score
3818 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3721 points
0.84% slightly better heavy workload score
3690 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

106.27 points
115.74 points
8% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4788 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4719 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1132 points
1329 points
17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4891 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4714 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1163 points
1350 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
61% significantly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
4 GHz
2% 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
49% significantly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
Identical
3 MiB

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

404th of 1,089
403rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Ryzen 5 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April
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 2600 vs Ryzen 5 4600U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 2600 beats the Ryzen 5 4600U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 4600U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 2600 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 4600U. The Ryzen 5 4600U outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 2600 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache. The Ryzen 5 2600 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 2600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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