Ryzen 5 4600GE vs Phenom II X4 P920

Place in the ranking	2557	770
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	4x AMD Phenom II	AMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiency	3.21	26.91
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	Renoir (2020−2023)
Release date	12 May 2010 (14 years ago)	21 July 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 P920 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	4 (Quad-Core)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	4	12
Base clock speed	no data	3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.6 GHz	4.2 GHz
Bus rate	3600 MHz	no data
Multiplier	no data	33
L1 cache	512 KB	384 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	3 MB
L3 cache	no data	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	7 nm
Die size	no data	156 mm²
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	95 °C
Number of transistors	no data	9800 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 P920 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	no data	1
Socket	S1 (S1g4)	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 P920 and Ryzen 5 4600GE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, 3DNow, SSE (1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0	no data
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
VirusProtect	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 P920 and Ryzen 5 4600GE are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 P920 and Ryzen 5 4600GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	no data	128 GB
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	51.196 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon Vega 7

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X4 P920 and Ryzen 5 4600GE.

PCIe version

no data

4.0

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.88	10.33
Recency	12 May 2010	21 July 2020
Physical cores	4	6
Threads	4	12
Chip lithography	45 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	35 Watt

Phenom II X4 P920 has 40% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 4600GE, on the other hand, has a 1073.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, 50% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 5 4600GE is our recommended choice as it beats the Phenom II X4 P920 in performance tests.

Be aware that Phenom II X4 P920 is a notebook processor while Ryzen 5 4600GE is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Phenom II X4 P920 and Ryzen 5 4600GE, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.