AMD Ryzen 5 4600GE vs Intel Core i7-4770K

Last updated: 2023-10-04

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Ryzen 5 4600GE		Intel Core i7-4770K
CPU comparison AMD Ryzen 5 4600GE or Intel Core i7-4770K - 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 4600GE has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.20 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 4600GE was released in Q3/2020. The Intel Core i7-4770K has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-4770K was released in Q2/2013.

AMD Ryzen 5 (84)	Family	Intel Core i7 (298)
AMD Ryzen 4000G (22)	CPU group	Intel Core i 4000 (64)
3	Generation	4
Renoir (Zen 2)	Architecture	Haswell S
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	Intel Core i7-3770K
--	Successor	Intel Core i7-6700K

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Ryzen 5 4600GE is a 6 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.30 GHz (4.20 GHz). The Intel Core i7-4770K has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.50 GHz (3.90 GHz).
AMD Ryzen 5 4600GE	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-4770K
6	Cores	4
12	Threads	8
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
Yes	Overclocking ?	Yes
3.30 GHz	Frequency	3.50 GHz
4.20 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	3.90 GHz
3.80 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	3.70 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD Ryzen 5 4600GE	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-4770K
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics 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 HD Graphics 4600
0.40 GHz	GPU frequency	0.35 GHz
1.90 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	1.25 GHz
9	GPU Generation	7.5
7 nm	Technology	22 nm
3	Max. displays	3
7	Compute units	20
448	Shader	160
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
2 GB	Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
12	DirectX Version	11.1

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 HD Graphics 4600
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode

Memory & PCIe The AMD Ryzen 5 4600GE supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-4770K can connect up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
AMD Ryzen 5 4600GE	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-4770K
DDR4-3200	Memory	DDR3-1600
64 GB	Max. Memory	32 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
51.2 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	25.6 GB/s
Yes	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	--
8.00 MB	L3 Cache	8.00 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 4600GE has a TDP of 35 W, that of the Intel Core i7-4770K is 84 W.
AMD Ryzen 5 4600GE	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-4770K
35 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	84 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
100 °C	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The AMD Ryzen 5 4600GE has a 8.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i7-4770K cache has a total of 8.00 MB.
AMD Ryzen 5 4600GE	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-4770K
7 nm	Technology	22 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 1150
AMD-V, SVM	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2020	Release date	Q2/2013
--	Release price	292 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 5 4600GE (100%)

Intel Core i7-4770K (81%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 5 4600GE (94%)

Intel Core i7-4770K (73%)

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 4600GE 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	1065 (100%)
	Intel Core i7-4770K 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	988 (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 4600GE 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz	3271 (88%)
	Intel Core i7-4770K 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	3715 (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 4600GE 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	472 (100%)
	Intel Core i7-4770K 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	361 (76%)

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 4600GE AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Renoir) @ 1.90 GHz	1702 (100%)
	Intel Core i7-4770K Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.25 GHz	400 (24%)

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 4600GE 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz	15640 (100%)
	Intel Core i7-4770K 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	7120 (46%)

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 4600GE 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	194 (100%)
	Intel Core i7-4770K 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	141 (73%)

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 4600GE 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-4770K 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	58 (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 4600GE 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-4770K 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	246 (100%)

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 4600GE 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-4770K 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	961 (100%)

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 4600GE 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-4770K 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	4593 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD Ryzen 5 4600GE 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-4770K 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	1165 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD Ryzen 5 4600GE 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-4770K 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	3946 (100%)

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 4600GE 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-4770K 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	1769 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	AMD Ryzen 5 4600GE 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-4770K 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	477 (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 4600GE 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-4770K 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	411 (100%)

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 4600GE 6C 12T @ 3.30 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-4770K 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	2027 (100%)

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 4600GE 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-4770K 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	709 (100%)

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