AMD Ryzen 5 4600U vs Ryzen 7 4700U

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Combined performance score

Ryzen 7 4700U
8.74

General info

Comparing Ryzen 7 4700U and Ryzen 5 4600U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking784781
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Architecture codenameRenoir-U (Zen 2)Renoir-U (Zen 2)
Release date6 January 2020 (4 years old)6 January 2020 (4 years old)
Current price$521 $519

Technical specs

Ryzen 7 4700U and Ryzen 5 4600U 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads812
Base clock speed1.8 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz4 GHz
L1 cache128K (per core)128K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache12 MB (shared)11 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm7 nm
Die size156 mm2156 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C105 °C
Number of transistors9800 Million9800 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 4700U and Ryzen 5 4600U 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 configuration11
SocketFP6FP6
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 4700U and Ryzen 5 4600U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsDDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI++
FMA+no data
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 4700U and Ryzen 5 4600U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 4700U and Ryzen 5 4600U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4, DDR4DDR4-4266
Maximum memory size64 GB64 GB
Maximum memory bandwidth68.27 GB/s68.27 GB/s
ECC memory supportno data-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

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AMD Radeon RX Vega 7AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 4700U and Ryzen 5 4600U.

PCIe version3.03.0

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. 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.

Ryzen 7 4700U 8.74
Ryzen 5 4600U 8.75
+0.1%

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Ryzen 7 4700U 13417
Ryzen 5 4600U 13445
+0.2%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 7 4700U 1360
+1.9%
Ryzen 5 4600U 1334

Ryzen 7 4700U outperforms Ryzen 5 4600U by 2% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 7 4700U 4890
+6%
Ryzen 5 4600U 4614

Ryzen 7 4700U outperforms Ryzen 5 4600U by 6% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 7 4700U 1095
+0.5%
Ryzen 5 4600U 1089

Ryzen 7 4700U outperforms Ryzen 5 4600U by 1% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 7 4700U 180
+2.6%
Ryzen 5 4600U 176

Ryzen 7 4700U outperforms Ryzen 5 4600U by 3% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 8.74 8.75
Integrated graphics card 7.42 6.24
Physical cores 8 6
Threads 8 12

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