AMD Ryzen 5 4600U vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500

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

5931 points

35% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6163 points

7969 points

29% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3818 points

5267 points

37% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3690 points

5102 points

38% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

115.74 points

141.88 points

22% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4719 points

7589 points

60% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1329 points

1833 points

37% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4714 points

7653 points

62% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1350 points

1872 points

38% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

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

4.2 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

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

Identical

384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB

Identical

3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB

16 MiB

100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

403rd of 1,089

256th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile

Ryzen 5 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 5 5500 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5500 beats the Ryzen 5 4600U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 4600U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 4600U. A Ryzen 5 4600U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5500 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches. The Ryzen 5 5500 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.