AMD Ryzen 5 4600U vs Intel Core i3-1215U

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i3 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

4375 points
33% slightly better overall score
3288 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6163 points
7% slightly better gaming score
5718 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3818 points
47% significantly better multitasking score
2595 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3690 points
48% significantly better heavy workload score
2480 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

115.74 points
102% significantly higher Blender score
57.10 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4719 points
4916 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1329 points
1875 points
41% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4714 points
4826 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1350 points
1815 points
34% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
75% significantly higher clock speed
1.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
4.4 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
Identical
15 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
480 KiB
25% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
4.5 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
10 MiB
25% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

403rd of 1,089
501st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile
12th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 June
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 4600U vs Core i3-1215U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 4600U is faster than the Core i3-1215U. Despite this, the Core i3-1215U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 5 4600U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 4600U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1215U. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i3-1215U has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 4600U. The Core i3-1215U also has slightly 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 4600U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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