AMD Ryzen 5 4600U vs AMD Ryzen 7 2700

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
5158 points
17% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6163 points
6248 points
1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3818 points
4785 points
25% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3690 points
4674 points
26% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

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

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4719 points
5343 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1329 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1083 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4714 points
5518 points
17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1350 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1116 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
3.2 GHz
52% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
4.1 GHz
2% 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
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
332nd 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
2018 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Ryzen 5 4600U vs Ryzen 7 2700 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 2700 is faster than the Ryzen 5 4600U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 4600U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 2700 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 2700 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 4600U. A Ryzen 5 4600U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 2700 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 7 2700 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 4600U. The Ryzen 7 2700 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.

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