AMD Ryzen 5 4600U vs AMD Ryzen 3 4100

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 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

12% slightly better overall score

3892 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6163 points

6333 points

2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3818 points

20% slightly better multitasking score

3162 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3690 points

21% slightly better heavy workload score

3035 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

115.74 points

43% significantly higher Blender score

80.44 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4714 points

4865 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1350 points

1512 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz

3.80 GHz

81% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

Identical

4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

333% significantly lower TDP

65 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB

49% significantly more L1 cache

256 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB

49% significantly more L2 cache

2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB

100% significantly more L3 cache

4 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

403rd of 1,089

443rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile

Ryzen 3 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 June

2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 5 4600U vs Ryzen 3 4100 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 4600U is faster than the Ryzen 3 4100. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 4100 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 4600U has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Ryzen 3 4100 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 4100. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 3 4100 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 4600U. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 4600U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 3 4100. The Ryzen 5 4600U also has significantly 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.