AMD Ryzen 5 4600G vs Intel Core i9-9900

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 4000 G-Series Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 9th Generation Core i9 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 235.64
$ 234.84 significantly less expensive
$ 470.48

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5232 points
6105 points
16% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7191 points
7952 points
10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4599 points
5494 points
19% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4451 points
5338 points
19% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4871 points
9955 points
104% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

122.88 points
148.10 points
20% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6106 points
7287 points
19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1578 points
1617 points
2% 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
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
19% slightly higher clock speed
3.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
5 GHz
19% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
Identical
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
512 KiB
33% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache
2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
16 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

322nd of 1,089
246th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 4000 G-Series Desktop
9th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 July
2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 4600G vs Core i9-9900 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 4600G performs better than the Core i9-9900. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9900 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-9900 has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 4600G. Indeed, the Core i9-9900 has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 4600G. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 4600G. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 4600G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-9900. Despite this, the Core i9-9900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 4600G has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i9-9900. Despite this, the Core i9-9900 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 4600G.

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

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