AMD Ryzen 5 4600G vs AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 4000 G-Series Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 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
$ 195.99
$ 39.65 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5232 points
15% slightly better overall score
4528 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7191 points
26% slightly better gaming score
5692 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4599 points
10% slightly better multitasking score
4151 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4451 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score
4054 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4871 points
14% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
4254 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

122.88 points
131.79 points
7% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6106 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
5573 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1578 points
43% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1100 points

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
8% slightly higher clock speed
3.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed
3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
46% significantly lower TDP
95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
768 KiB
100% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
4 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache

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
386th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 4000 G-Series Desktop
Ryzen 7 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 July
2017 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 5 4600G vs Ryzen 7 1700X specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 4600G is faster than the Ryzen 7 1700X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 1700X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 1700X has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 4600G that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 4600G. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 4600G has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 1700X. Also, the Ryzen 5 4600G has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 4600G CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 1700X CPU because of its significantly 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 7 1700X has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 4600G. The Ryzen 7 1700X also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 4600G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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