AMD Ryzen 5 4600U vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500H

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 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
14% slightly better overall score
3827 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6163 points
6332 points
2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3818 points
23% slightly better multitasking score
3095 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3690 points
24% slightly better heavy workload score
2970 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

115.74 points
48% significantly higher Blender score
78.11 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4714 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4230 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1350 points
1535 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
3.30 GHz
57% 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
200% significantly lower TDP
45 W

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
Identical
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

403rd of 1,089
450th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 June
2023 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Ryzen 5 4600U vs Ryzen 5 5500H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5500H 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 4600U has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5500H has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500H has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 4600U. Also, the Ryzen 5 5500H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 4600U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5500H 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 Ryzen 5 4600U has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5500H. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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.

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