AMD Ryzen 5 4600G vs Intel Core i5-4460

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 4000 G-Series Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i5 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 235.64
$ 64.04
$ 171.60 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5232 points
156% significantly better overall score
2038 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7191 points
91% significantly better gaming score
3756 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4599 points
195% significantly better multitasking score
1556 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4451 points
197% significantly better heavy workload score
1494 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4871 points
78% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
2725 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

122.88 points
199% significantly higher Blender score
41.05 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6106 points
106% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2954 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1578 points
47% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1068 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
200% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
15% slightly higher clock speed
3.20 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
23% slightly higher turbo speed
3.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
29% slightly lower TDP
84 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache
1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
6 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

322nd of 1,089
709th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 4000 G-Series Desktop
4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 July
2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 4600G vs Core i5-4460 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 4600G beats the Core i5-4460 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4460 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 4600G has significantly more cores than the Core i5-4460. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 4600G has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-4460. It also has more threads than the Core i5-4460. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 4600G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4460. Also, the Ryzen 5 4600G has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 4600G CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4460 CPU because of its slightly 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 5 4600G has more L2 cache than the Core i5-4460. The Ryzen 5 4600G also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 Ryzen 5 4600G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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