AMD Ryzen 5 4600U vs Intel Core i5-1240P

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i5 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

4375 points
3% slightly better overall score
4218 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6163 points
6354 points
3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3818 points
4% slightly better multitasking score
3645 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3690 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score
3553 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

115.74 points
5% slightly higher Blender score
110.04 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
12
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
23% slightly higher clock speed
1.7 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
86% significantly lower TDP
28 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
960 KiB
150% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
5 MiB
66% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
12 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

403rd of 1,089
417th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile
12th Generation Core i5

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 i5-1240P comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 4600U beats the Core i5-1240P in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-1240P has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-1240P has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 4600U. Indeed, the Core i5-1240P has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 4600U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 4600U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 4600U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1240P. A Ryzen 5 4600U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-1240P 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 Core i5-1240P has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 4600U. The Core i5-1240P also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 4600U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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