AMD Ryzen 5 4600G vs Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 4000 G-Series Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 14 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4

Price

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$ 235.64

$ 211.95

$ 23.69 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5232 points

6066 points

15% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7191 points

25% slightly better gaming score

5717 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4599 points

6174 points

34% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4451 points

6198 points

39% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

122.88 points

195.63 points

59% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6106 points

6901 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1578 points

53% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1027 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

133% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

133% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

54% significantly higher clock speed

2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

27% slightly higher turbo speed

3.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

84% significantly lower TDP

120 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

322nd of 1,089

247th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 4000 G-Series Desktop

Xeon E5 v4 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 July

2016 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 5 4600G vs Xeon E5-2680 v4 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2680 v4 beats the Ryzen 5 4600G in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 4600G has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2680 v4 has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 4600G has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 4600G. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 4600G has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2680 v4. Also, the Ryzen 5 4600G has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 4600G CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2680 v4 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.