AMD Ryzen 5 4600G vs Intel Xeon Gold 6226R

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 4000 G-Series Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 2nd Generation Xeon Scalable 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon Gold 6226R

Price

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$ 235.64

$ 561.36 significantly less expensive

$ 797.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5232 points

108% significantly better overall score

2515 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7191 points

54% significantly better gaming score

4643 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4599 points

139% significantly better multitasking score

1920 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4451 points

141% significantly better heavy workload score

1844 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

122.88 points

260.30 points

111% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6106 points

9626 points

57% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1578 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1351 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

166% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

166% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

27% slightly higher clock speed

2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

7% slightly higher turbo speed

3.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

130% significantly lower TDP

150 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

200% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

322nd of 1,089

625th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 4000 G-Series Desktop

2nd Generation Xeon Scalable

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 July

2020 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-2933

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 Gold 6226R specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon Gold 6226R is faster than the Ryzen 5 4600G. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 4600G has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon Gold 6226R has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 4600G that has 6 cores. 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 Xeon Gold 6226R. Also, the Ryzen 5 4600G has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 4600G CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon Gold 6226R CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.