AMD Ryzen 5 4600H vs Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 core CPU vs Intel 12 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
5409 points
18% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6332 points
18% slightly better gaming score
5325 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3995 points
5414 points
35% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3865 points
5392 points
39% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4367 points
7650 points
75% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

105.84 points
164.10 points
55% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5212 points
6377 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1359 points
40% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
967 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5207 points
6701 points
28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1385 points
36% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1012 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
12
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
24
100% significantly more threads

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
166% significantly lower TDP
120 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

385th of 1,089
303rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 June
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Ryzen 5 4600H vs Xeon E5-2678 v3 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2678 v3 is faster than the Ryzen 5 4600H. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 4600H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2678 v3 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 4600H. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2678 v3 has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 4600H. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 4600H. A Ryzen 5 4600H CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2678 v3 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 4600H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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