Ryzen 5 4600H vs Ryzen 5 2600H

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 2600H
2018
4 cores / 8 threads, 45 Watt
4.99
Ryzen 5 4600H
2020
6 cores / 12 threads, 45 Watt
8.96
+79.6%

Ryzen 5 4600H outperforms Ryzen 5 2600H by an impressive 80% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 2600H and Ryzen 5 4600H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1275893
Place by popularitynot in top-10073
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Power efficiency10.5618.96
Architecture codenameRaven Ridge (2017−2019)Renoir-H (Zen 2) (2020)
Release date10 September 2018 (6 years ago)6 January 2020 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 2600H and Ryzen 5 4600H 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads812
Base clock speed3.2 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz4 GHz
Multiplier3230
L1 cache96 KB (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)512 KB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm7 nm
Die size210 mm2156 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistors4,950 million9,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2600H and Ryzen 5 4600H 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketFP5FP6
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2600H and Ryzen 5 4600H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++
Precision Boost 2+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2600H and Ryzen 5 4600H are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2600H and Ryzen 5 4600H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4
Maximum memory size32 GB64 GB
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/s68.27 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1100 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1500 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2600H and Ryzen 5 4600H.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes12no 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.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating.

Ryzen 5 2600H 4.99
Ryzen 5 4600H 8.96
+79.6%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Ryzen 5 2600H 8002
Ryzen 5 4600H 14371
+79.6%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 5 2600H 3226
Ryzen 5 4600H 6080
+88.5%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.99 8.96
Integrated graphics card 3.88 5.22
Recency 10 September 2018 6 January 2020
Physical cores 4 6
Threads 8 12
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm

Ryzen 5 4600H has a 79.6% higher aggregate performance score, 34.5% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 1 year, 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 5 4600H is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 2600H in performance tests.

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