AMD Ryzen 5 4600U vs AMD Ryzen 7 1700

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 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

4724 points

7% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6163 points

10% slightly better gaming score

5587 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3818 points

4432 points

16% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3690 points

4341 points

17% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

115.74 points

128.00 points

10% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4719 points

5049 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1329 points

34% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

987 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4714 points

5186 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1350 points

31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1027 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz

3 GHz

42% much higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

3.7 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

768 KiB

100% 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

16 MiB

100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

403rd of 1,089

372nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile

Ryzen 7 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 June

2017 February

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 7 1700 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 1700 is faster than the Ryzen 5 4600U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 4600U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 1700 has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 4600U that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 4600U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 1700 has a much higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 4600U. A Ryzen 5 4600U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 1700 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 1700 has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 4600U. The Ryzen 7 1700 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.