Intel Pentium G2030 vs AMD Ryzen 5 4600U

Last updated:

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Pentium G2030 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
Intel Pentium G2030 AMD Ryzen 5 4600U

CPU comparison

Intel Pentium G2030 or AMD Ryzen 5 4600U - 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 Intel Pentium G2030 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium G2030 was released in Q2/2013.

The AMD Ryzen 5 4600U has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 4600U was released in Q1/2020.
Intel Pentium (150) Family AMD Ryzen 5 (85)
Intel Pentium G2000 (4) CPU group AMD Ryzen 4000U (11)
4 Generation 3
Ivy Bridge S Architecture Renoir (Zen 2)
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor AMD Ryzen 5 5600U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium G2030 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium G2030 is 3.00 GHz while the AMD Ryzen 5 4600U has 6 CPU cores and 12 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 5 4600U is at 2.10 GHz (4.00 GHz).

Intel Pentium G2030 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
2 Cores 6
2 Threads 12
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
3.00 GHz Frequency 2.10 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.00 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.60 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.

Intel Pentium G2030 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Pentium G2030 or AMD Ryzen 5 4600U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1) GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Renoir)
0.65 GHz GPU frequency 0.40 GHz
1.00 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.50 GHz
7 GPU Generation 9
22 nm Technology 7 nm
3 Max. displays 3
6 Compute units 6
48 Shader 384
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
11.0 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.

Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1) GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Renoir)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Pentium G2030 can use up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 21.3 GB/s. The AMD Ryzen 5 4600U supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 51.2 GB/s.

Intel Pentium G2030 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
DDR3-1333 Memory LPDDR4-4266, DDR4-3200
32 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
21.3 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
Yes ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
3.00 MB L3 Cache 8.00 MB
2.0 PCIe version 3.0
16 PCIe lanes 12
8.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Pentium G2030 is 55 W, while the AMD Ryzen 5 4600U has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Pentium G2030 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
55 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up 25 W
-- TDP down 10 W
-- Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The Intel Pentium G2030 is manufactured in 22 nm and has 3.00 MB cache. The AMD Ryzen 5 4600U is manufactured in 7 nm and has a 8.00 MB cache.

Intel Pentium G2030 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
22 nm Technology 7 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
LGA 1155 Socket FP6
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2013 Release date Q1/2020
50 $ Release price --
show more data show more data


Rate these processors

Here you can rate the Intel Pentium G2030 to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 3.5 stars (4 ratings). Rate now:
Here you can rate the AMD Ryzen 5 4600U to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 5.0 stars (2 ratings). Rate now:


Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium G2030 (48%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 5 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium G2030 (18%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U (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.
Intel Pentium G2030 Intel Pentium G2030
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
608 (52%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
1162 (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.
Intel Pentium G2030 Intel Pentium G2030
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
1217 (15%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
8044 (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.
Intel Pentium G2030 Intel Pentium G2030
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
607 (56%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
1082 (100%)

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.
Intel Pentium G2030 Intel Pentium G2030
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
1124 (24%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
4655 (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.
Intel Pentium G2030 Intel Pentium G2030
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
512 (36%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
1412 (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.
Intel Pentium G2030 Intel Pentium G2030
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
886 (18%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
5050 (100%)

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.
Intel Pentium G2030 Intel Pentium G2030
Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1) @ 1.00 GHz
96 (8%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Renoir) @ 1.50 GHz
1152 (100%)

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.
Intel Pentium G2030 Intel Pentium G2030
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
1721 (13%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
13470 (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.
Intel Pentium G2030 Intel Pentium G2030
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
583 (18%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
6C 12T @ 2.10 GHz
3240 (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.
Intel Pentium G2030 Intel Pentium G2030
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
448 (100%)

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.
Intel Pentium G2030 Intel Pentium G2030
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
109 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Pentium G2030 Intel Pentium G2030
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
217 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Pentium G2030 AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
Unknown Unknown

Popular comparisons containing this CPUs

1. Intel Pentium G2030Intel Core i3-3220 Intel Pentium G2030 vs Intel Core i3-3220
2. Intel Pentium G2030Intel Core i3-3240 Intel Pentium G2030 vs Intel Core i3-3240
3. AMD Ryzen 5 4600HAMD Ryzen 5 4600U AMD Ryzen 5 4600H vs AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
4. AMD Ryzen 5 4600UAMD Ryzen 5 5500U AMD Ryzen 5 4600U vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
5. AMD Ryzen 5 4500UAMD Ryzen 5 4600U AMD Ryzen 5 4500U vs AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
6. AMD Ryzen 5 4600UIntel Core i5-1135G7 AMD Ryzen 5 4600U vs Intel Core i5-1135G7
7. AMD Ryzen 5 4600UAMD Ryzen 7 4700U AMD Ryzen 5 4600U vs AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
8. AMD Ryzen 5 4600UIntel Core i5-1035G1 AMD Ryzen 5 4600U vs Intel Core i5-1035G1
9. AMD Ryzen 5 4600UAMD Ryzen 7 3700U AMD Ryzen 5 4600U vs AMD Ryzen 7 3700U
10. AMD Ryzen 5 4600UAMD Ryzen 5 3500U AMD Ryzen 5 4600U vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500U


back to index