AMD Ryzen 5 4600G vs Intel Core Ultra 7 256V

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 4000 G-Series Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 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

5232 points
5922 points
13% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7191 points
9414 points
30% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4599 points
4857 points
5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4451 points
4631 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

122.88 points
1% slightly higher Blender score
121.07 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6106 points
9727 points
59% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1578 points
2431 points
54% significantly 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

3.7 GHz
68% significantly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
4.8 GHz
14% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
14 MiB
366% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
12 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

322nd of 1,089
257th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 4000 G-Series Desktop
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 July
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-8533

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen 5 4600G vs Core Ultra 7 256V comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 4600G is faster than the Core Ultra 7 256V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 256V has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 7 256V has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 4600G has 6 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 4600G has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 256V. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 4600G has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 256V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 256V has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 7 256V has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 4600G. The Core Ultra 7 256V also has significantly 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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