AMD Ryzen 5 4600U vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 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
21% slightly better overall score
3588 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6163 points
11% slightly better gaming score
5548 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3818 points
28% slightly better multitasking score
2965 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3690 points
27% slightly better heavy workload score
2883 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

115.74 points
137.16 points
18% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4719 points
6064 points
28% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1329 points
47% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
903 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4714 points
5310 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1350 points
26% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1071 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
3.4 GHz
61% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed
3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
533% significantly lower TDP
95 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
476th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile
Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 June
2017 June

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 PRO 1700X comparison

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

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 4600U has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 4600U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 4600U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 4600U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 4600U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 4600U. The Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X 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.

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