AMD Ryzen 5 4600G vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600U

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 4000 G-Series 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

54 %
22% slightly better overall score
44 %

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

75 %
33% slightly better gaming score
56 %

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

47 %
14% slightly better multitasking score
41 %

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

45 %
15% slightly better heavy workload score
39 %

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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

3.7 GHz
60% significantly higher clock speed
2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
Identical
4.2 GHz

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

384 KiB
Identical
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
Identical
3 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

119th of 627
173rd of 627

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 4000 G-Series Desktop
Ryzen 5 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

July 2020
December 2021

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 4600G vs Ryzen 5 5600U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 4600G beats the Ryzen 5 5600U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5600U 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 4600G has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5600U. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 5600U outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 4600G thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches. The Ryzen 5 5600U 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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