AMD Ryzen 5 4600U vs Intel Core i7-1255U

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i7 10 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
17% slightly better overall score
3722 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6163 points
10% slightly better gaming score
5577 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3818 points
19% slightly better multitasking score
3201 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3690 points
19% slightly better heavy workload score
3089 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

115.74 points
52% significantly higher Blender score
75.98 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
10
66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

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
4.7 GHz
17% 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
800 KiB
108% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
4 MiB
33% slightly 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
459th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile
12th Generation Core i7

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 i7-1255U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-1255U performs better than the Ryzen 5 4600U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 4600U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-1255U has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 4600U has 6 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 4600U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-1255U. 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 i7-1255U has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 4600U. The Core i7-1255U also has significantly more L3 cache.

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

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