AMD Ryzen 5 4500U vs Intel Core i7-2600K

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 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

3472 points
35% slightly better overall score
2571 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5565 points
36% slightly better gaming score
4067 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2824 points
33% slightly better multitasking score
2123 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2709 points
32% slightly better heavy workload score
2039 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

69.25 points
57% significantly higher Blender score
44.04 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz
3.4 GHz
47% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed
3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
533% significantly lower TDP
95 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

487th of 1,089
612th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 June
2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 4500U vs Core i7-2600K specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 4500U beats the Core i7-2600K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2600K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 4500U has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-2600K that has 4 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-2600K has more threads than the Ryzen 5 4500U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-2600K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 4500U. A Ryzen 5 4500U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-2600K 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. For instance, the Ryzen 5 4500U has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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