AMD Ryzen 5 4600H vs Intel Core i5-8400

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 core CPU vs Intel 8th Generation Core i5 6 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

4557 points
21% slightly better overall score
3741 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6332 points
5% slightly better gaming score
6024 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3995 points
31% slightly better multitasking score
3030 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3865 points
33% slightly better heavy workload score
2906 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4367 points
19% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
3658 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

105.84 points
37% slightly higher Blender score
77.12 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5212 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4729 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1359 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1312 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5207 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4858 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1385 points
0.36% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1380 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
100% significantly more threads
6

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
7% slightly higher clock speed
2.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
Identical
4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
44% significantly lower TDP
65 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
Identical
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
1.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
9 MiB
12% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

385th of 1,089
456th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile
8th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 June
2017 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 4600H vs Core i5-8400 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 4600H is faster than the Core i5-8400. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8400 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 5 4600H has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 4600H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8400. A Ryzen 5 4600H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-8400 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 5 4600H has more L2 cache than the Core i5-8400. Despite this, the Core i5-8400 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 4600H.

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 4600H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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