AMD Ryzen 5 4600G vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

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

7025 points

34% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7191 points

8549 points

18% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4599 points

6518 points

41% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4451 points

6374 points

43% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4871 points

6835 points

40% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

122.88 points

184.59 points

50% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6106 points

9459 points

54% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1578 points

1979 points

25% 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

3.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

4.9 GHz

16% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

45 W

44% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

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

192nd 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

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 5 4600G vs Ryzen 9 6900HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 6900HX beats the Ryzen 5 4600G in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 4600G in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 6900HX has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 4600G 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 9 6900HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 6900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 6900HX 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 6900HX has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 4600G. The Ryzen 9 6900HX 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.