Ryzen 5 4600GE vs Athlon 3000G

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 3000G and Ryzen 5 4600GE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1670	772
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	5.27	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Athlon	AMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiency	7.64	26.93
Architecture codename	Zen+ (2018−2019)	Renoir (2020−2023)
Release date	7 November 2019 (5 years ago)	21 July 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$49	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Athlon 3000G and Ryzen 5 4600GE basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	4	12
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	4.2 GHz
Bus type	PCIe 3.0	no data
Multiplier	35	33
L1 cache	192 KB	384 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	3 MB
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Die size	209.78 mm2?	156 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	95 °C
Number of transistors	4940 Million	9800 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 3000G and Ryzen 5 4600GE compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	AM4	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 3000G and Ryzen 5 4600GE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
PowerNow	+	-
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 3000G and Ryzen 5 4600GE are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 3000G and Ryzen 5 4600GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	64 GB?	128 GB
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	51.196 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

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AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

AMD Radeon Vega 7

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 3000G and Ryzen 5 4600GE.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	6	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	2.88	10.15
Integrated graphics card	2.98	7.46
Recency	7 November 2019	21 July 2020
Physical cores	2	6
Threads	4	12
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm

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