AMD Ryzen 5 4600G vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 4000 G-Series Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 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

6264 points

19% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7191 points

7696 points

7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4599 points

5820 points

26% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4451 points

5710 points

28% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4871 points

6544 points

34% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

122.88 points

175.52 points

42% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6106 points

7587 points

24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1578 points

1845 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

12% slightly higher clock speed

3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

4.6 GHz

9% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

45 W

44% significantly lower TDP

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

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

239th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 4000 G-Series Desktop

Ryzen 9 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 July

2021 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 5 4600G vs Ryzen 9 5900HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 5900HX is faster than the Ryzen 5 4600G. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 4600G in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 4600G. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900HX 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 Ryzen 9 5900HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 5900HX 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 cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 4600G. The Ryzen 9 5900HX 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.