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AMD Ryzen 5 4600G vs Intel Core i5-10400

Last updated: 2023-09-12

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AMD Ryzen 5 4600G		Intel Core i5-10400
CPU comparison AMD Ryzen 5 4600G or Intel Core i5-10400 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD Ryzen 5 4600G has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.20 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 4600G was released in Q2/2022. The Intel Core i5-10400 has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.30 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-10400 was released in Q2/2020.

AMD Ryzen 5 (92)	Family	Intel Core i5 (336)
AMD Ryzen 4000G (26)	CPU group	Intel Core i 10000 (43)
3	Generation	10
Renoir (Zen 2)	Architecture	Comet Lake S
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G	Predecessor	Intel Core i5-9400
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G	Successor	Intel Core i5-11400

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Ryzen 5 4600G is a 6 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.70 GHz (4.20 GHz). The Intel Core i5-10400 has 6 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.90 GHz (4.30 GHz).
AMD Ryzen 5 4600G	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-10400
6	Cores	6
12	Threads	12
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
Yes	Overclocking ?	No
3.70 GHz	Frequency	2.90 GHz
4.20 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	4.30 GHz
4.20 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	4.00 GHz


NPU AI performance The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.
AMD Ryzen 5 4600G	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-10400
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--
--	NPU + CPU + iGPU	--

Integrated graphics (iGPU) The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Renoir)	GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 630
0.40 GHz	GPU frequency	0.35 GHz
1.90 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	1.20 GHz
9	GPU Generation	9.5
7 nm	Technology	14 nm
3	Max. displays	3
7	Compute units	24
448	Shader	192
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
2 GB	Max. GPU Memory	64 GB
12	DirectX Version	12

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Renoir)	GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 630
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The AMD Ryzen 5 4600G supports a maximum of 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-10400 can connect up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
AMD Ryzen 5 4600G	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-10400
DDR4-3200	Memory	DDR4-2666
32 GB	Max. Memory	128 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
51.2 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	42.7 GB/s
Yes	ECC	No
3.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
8.00 MB	L3 Cache	12.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	3.0
12	PCIe lanes	16
11.8 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Ryzen 5 4600G has a TDP of 65 W, that of the Intel Core i5-10400 is 65 W.
AMD Ryzen 5 4600G	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-10400
65 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	65 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
45 W	TDP down	--
100 °C	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The AMD Ryzen 5 4600G has a 11.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i5-10400 cache has a total of 12.00 MB.

AMD Ryzen 5 4600G	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-10400
7 nm	Technology	14 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
AM4 (PGA 1331)	Socket	LGA 1200
AMD-V, SVM	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2022	Release date	Q2/2020
154 $	Release price	182 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 5 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 5 4600G (100%)

Intel Core i5-10400 (94%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 8 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 5 4600G (97%)

Intel Core i5-10400 (89%)

Price-performance ratio

Geekbench 6 multi-core score divided by the processor's release price. Higher is better.


	AMD Ryzen 5 4600G Geekbench 6 MT: 4,867 / 154 $	31.60
	Intel Core i5-10400 Geekbench 6 MT: 6,261 / 182 $	34.40

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 5 4600G 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	1221 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-10400 6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz	1120 (92%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 5 4600G 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	9348 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-10400 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	8164 (87%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a partial load benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. In the single-core test, only the fastest CPU core is measured. The test run simulates the performance in practice.


	AMD Ryzen 5 4600G 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	1554 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-10400 6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz	1433 (92%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

The practical Geekbench 6 multi-core benchmark tests the system's performance under partial load. The processor's maximum power consumption is far from being used up.


	AMD Ryzen 5 4600G 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	4867 (78%)
	Intel Core i5-10400 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	6261 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 5 4600G 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	1206 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-10400 6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz	1120 (93%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 5 4600G 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	5877 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-10400 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	5870 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 5 4600G 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	472 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-10400 6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz	450 (95%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 5 4600G 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	3398 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-10400 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	3197 (94%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD Ryzen 5 4600G AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Renoir) @ 1.90 GHz	1702 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-10400 Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.20 GHz	461 (27%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.


	AMD Ryzen 5 4600G 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	137 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-10400 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	110 (80%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD Ryzen 5 4600G 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	15922 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-10400 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	12267 (77%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD Ryzen 5 4600G 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	4216 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-10400 6C 12T @ 2.90 GHz	3551 (84%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 5 4600G 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	195 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-10400 6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz	190 (97%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 5 4600G 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	1524 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-10400 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	1341 (88%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD Ryzen 5 4600G 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-10400 6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz	68 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD Ryzen 5 4600G 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-10400 6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz	443 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD Ryzen 5 4600G 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-10400 6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz	462 (100%)

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