AMD Ryzen 5 4600U vs Intel Core i7-6850K

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 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
7% slightly better overall score
4066 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6163 points
10% slightly better gaming score
5576 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3818 points
5% slightly better multitasking score
3611 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3690 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score
3510 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

115.74 points
12% slightly higher Blender score
103.26 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4719 points
5539 points
17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1329 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1210 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4714 points
5746 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1350 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1278 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
3.6 GHz
71% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed
3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
833% significantly lower TDP
140 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
15 MiB
87% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

403rd of 1,089
429th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile
Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 June
2016 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4-2400

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 i7-6850K specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-6850K performs better than the Ryzen 5 4600U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 4600U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-6850K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 4600U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 4600U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 4600U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-6850K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 4600U has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-6850K. Despite this, the Core i7-6850K has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 4600U.

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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