AMD Ryzen 5 4600U Benchmark, Test and specs

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The AMD Ryzen 5 4600U has 6 cores with 12 threads and is based on the 3. gen of the AMD Ryzen 5 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the FP6 socket and was released in Q1/2020. The AMD Ryzen 5 4600U scores 1,082 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 4,655 points.
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U

At a glance

Name: AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
Family: AMD Ryzen 5 (93)
CPU group: AMD Ryzen 4000U (11)
Architecture: Renoir (Zen 2)
Technology: 7 nm
Segment: Notebook
Generation: 3
Predecessor: --
Successor: AMD Ryzen 5 5600U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 5 4600U has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 12 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 5 4600U is 2.10 GHz (4.00 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads: 6 / 12
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 6x
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 2.10 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 4.00 GHz
Turbo Frequency (6 Cores): 3.60 GHz

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The AMD Ryzen 5 4600U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the AMD Ryzen 5 4600U uses the AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Renoir), which has 384 texture shaders and 6 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name: AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Renoir)
GPU frequency: 0.40 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.50 GHz
Compute units: 6
Shader: 384
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q1/2020
Max. displays: 3
Generation: 9
Direct X: 12
Technology: 7 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 2 GB
Frame Generation: No

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.

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

Memory & PCIe

The processor can use up to 64 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 51.2 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
LPDDR4-4266
DDR4-3200
51.2 GB/s
51.2 GB/s
Max. Memory: 64 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: Yes
PCIe: 3.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth: 11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 15 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: 25 W
TDP down: 10 W
Tjunction max.: 105 °C

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 5 4600U is made in 7 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 8.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology: 7 nm
Chip design: Chiplet
Socket: FP6
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 8.00 MB
AES-NI: Yes
Operating systems: Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Virtualization: AMD-V, SVM
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release date: Q1/2020
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the AMD Ryzen 5 4600U have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.


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 7520U AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
4C 8T @ 4.35 GHz
1171
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
1171
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
1165
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
1162
Intel Core i9-9880H Intel Core i9-9880H
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
1162
Intel Core i5-10500H Intel Core i5-10500H
6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz
1161
Intel Core i7-1065G7 Intel Core i7-1065G7
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
1153

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 7530U AMD Ryzen 5 7530U
6C 12T @ 3.00 GHz
8346
Intel Core i5-1345U Intel Core i5-1345U
10C 12T @ 1.60 GHz
8214
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U
8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
8088
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
8044
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz
8018
Intel Core i5-1235U Intel Core i5-1235U
10C 12T @ 2.50 GHz
7852
AMD Ryzen 5 5625U AMD Ryzen 5 5625U
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
7833

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.
Intel Core i7-8569U Intel Core i7-8569U
4C 8T @ 4.70 GHz
1432
Intel Core i9-9880H Intel Core i9-9880H
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
1422
Intel Core i7-8850H Intel Core i7-8850H
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
1420
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
1412
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
1412
Intel Core i7-8809G Intel Core i7-8809G
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
1412
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
6C 6T @ 4.00 GHz
1407

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.
Intel Core i7-1068G7 Intel Core i7-1068G7
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
5117
Intel Processor U300 Intel Processor U300
5C 6T @ 1.20 GHz
5096
AMD Ryzen 5 5625C AMD Ryzen 5 5625C
6C 12T @ 2.30 GHz
5084
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
5050
Intel Core i5-1130G7 Intel Core i5-1130G7
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
5040
Intel Core i5-1145GRE Intel Core i5-1145GRE
4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
4965
Intel Core i3-N305 Intel Core i3-N305
8C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
4965

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 Core i5-1034G1 Intel Core i5-1034G1
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
1088
Intel Core i3-1000G4 Intel Core i3-1000G4
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
1085
Intel Core i3-1000NG4 Intel Core i3-1000NG4
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
1085
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
1082
AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
1082
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
6C 6T @ 4.00 GHz
1082
AMD Ryzen 5 4600H AMD Ryzen 5 4600H
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
1082

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 Core i5-10400H Intel Core i5-10400H
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
4744
AMD Ryzen 3 5425U AMD Ryzen 3 5425U
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
4701
AMD Ryzen 5 5625C AMD Ryzen 5 5625C
6C 12T @ 2.30 GHz
4699
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
4655
Intel Core i7-8750H Intel Core i7-8750H
6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz
4635
Intel Core i7-5850HQ Intel Core i7-5850HQ
4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz
4632
Intel Core i3-N305 Intel Core i3-N305
8C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
4630

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 Core i7-1068G7 Intel Core i7-1068G7
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
456
Intel Core i5-10310U Intel Core i5-10310U
4C 8T @ 4.40 GHz
454
AMD Ryzen 7 3700C AMD Ryzen 7 3700C
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
451
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
448
AMD Ryzen 5 4680U AMD Ryzen 5 4680U
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
448
Intel Core i5-11260H Intel Core i5-11260H
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz
448
Intel Core i5-11300H Intel Core i5-11300H
4C 8T @ 4.40 GHz
448

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 Core i3-1315UE Intel Core i3-1315UE
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 64 (Alder Lake) @ 1.20 GHz
1190
Intel Core i3-1315URE Intel Core i3-1315URE
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 64 (Alder Lake) @ 1.20 GHz
1190
AMD Ryzen 3 5425C AMD Ryzen 3 5425C
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.50 GHz
1153
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Renoir) @ 1.50 GHz
1152
AMD Ryzen 3 5300U AMD Ryzen 3 5300U
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Renoir) @ 1.50 GHz
1152
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Renoir) @ 1.50 GHz
1152
AMD Ryzen 5 4600H AMD Ryzen 5 4600H
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Renoir) @ 1.50 GHz
1152

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 Core i5-1235U Intel Core i5-1235U
10C 12T @ 2.50 GHz
13681
AMD Ryzen 5 4680U AMD Ryzen 5 4680U
6C 12T @ 2.20 GHz
13521
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
8C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
13510
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
13470
Intel Core i5-1245U Intel Core i5-1245U
10C 12T @ 2.20 GHz
13411
Intel Core i3-1315U Intel Core i3-1315U
6C 8T @ 1.20 GHz
13350
Intel Core i7-1260U Intel Core i7-1260U
10C 12T @ 2.10 GHz
13307

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 Core i5-10500H Intel Core i5-10500H
6C 12T @ 2.50 GHz
3339
Intel Core i5-11260H Intel Core i5-11260H
6C 12T @ 2.60 GHz
3285
AMD Ryzen 5 4600H AMD Ryzen 5 4600H
6C 12T @ 3.00 GHz
3253
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
6C 12T @ 2.10 GHz
3240
Intel Core i7-10850H Intel Core i7-10850H
6C 12T @ 2.70 GHz
3225
Intel Core i7-10750H Intel Core i7-10750H
6C 12T @ 2.60 GHz
3154
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
6C 12T @ 2.30 GHz
3142

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