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AMD Ryzen 5 4500U vs AMD Ryzen 5 4600U vs AMD Ryzen 7 4980U

AMD Ryzen 5 4500U

► remove from comparison AMD R5 4500U

The AMD Ryzen 5 4500U is an upper mid-range, hexa-core processor of the Renoir product family. The APU was unveiled in H1 2020; it is designed for use in thinner, lighter laptops. Its six Zen 2 CPU cores run at 2.3 GHz (base clock speed) to 4.0 GHz (highest Boost frequency possible). Ryzen 5 4500U features the Vega 6 iGPU.

The sole advantage of Ryzen 5 4600U over Ryzen 5 4500U is the thread-doubling SMT technology support. The former has SMT while the latter does not.

Architecture

Zen 2 is a resounding success, delivering massive improvements over outgoing Zen Plus-based processors. Ryzen 5 4500U is manufactured on the cutting-edge 7 nm TSMC process; it is compatible with dual-channel DDR4-3200 or quad-channel LPDDR4-4266 memory. This processor has 8 MB of Level 3 cache.

While the APU uses Zen 2 cores just like the desktop-grade Ryzen 3000-series processors do, Ryzen 7 3800XT included, it does does not have PCI-Express 4.0 support. It does feature several PCI-Express 3.0 lanes for connecting discrete graphics cards, SSDs and other devices. Four PCI-Express 3.0 lanes allow for read/write rates of up to 3.9 GB/s provided a suitably fast NVMe SSD is used.

Ryzen 5 4500U gets soldered permanently on to the motherboard (FP6 socket interface) and is anything but user-replaceable.

Performance

The average Ryzen 5 4500U in our database nearly matches the Core i5-11300H, the Core i5-11320H and also the AMD Ryzen 3 5300U as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned - thus delivering an undeniably impressive performance jump over the outgoing Ryzen 5 3500U.

Thanks to its decent cooling solution and a long-term power limit of 38 W, the Xiaomi RedmiBook 16 R5 is among the fastest systems powered by the R5 4500U that we know of. It can be about 20% faster in CPU-bound workloads than the slowest system built around the same chip in our database, as of August 2023.

Graphics

Just like its name suggests, the Radeon RX Vega 6 graphics adapter has 6 Compute Units (6 x 64 = 384 unified shaders). In the case of Ryzen 5 4500U, this graphics adapter runs at up to 1,500 MHz. The iGPU definitely supports UHD 2160p monitors at 60 Hz; it will have no trouble HW-decoding HEVC, AVC, VP9, MPEG-2 and other widespread video codecs. AV1 is not supported though; such a video will have to be software-decoded for much lower energy efficiency.

Vega 6 will let you play many titles of 2020 and 2021 as long as you stick to low settings and low resolutions. F1 2021 (720p, Low) runs at 32 fps; Outriders (720p, Low) runs at 27 fps, to give you an example or two. As the iGPU has no VRAM of its own, it is paramount that fast system RAM is used.

Power consumption

This Ryzen chip is very energy efficient, as of mid 2022, thanks to the cutting-edge 7 nm TSMC manufacturing process and the mature Zen 2 architecture.

The Ryzen 5 4500U has a default TDP (also known as the long-term Power Limit) of 15 W that can be changed to anything between 10 W and 25 W by laptop makers if required, a right they use more often than not. Clock speeds and performance will change accordingly as a result. By going for the lowest value, it will be possible to use the APU as the heart of a passively cooled tablet, laptop, mini-PC.

AMD Ryzen 5 4600U

► remove from comparison AMD R5 4600U

The AMD Ryzen 5 4600U is a processor for thin and light laptops based on the Renoir architecture. The 4600U integrates six cores based on the Zen 2 microarchitecture. They are clocked at 2.1 (guaranteed base clock) to 4 GHz (Turbo) with SMT / Hyperthreading support (12 threads). The chip is manufactured in the modern 7 nm process at TSMC and partly thanks to it AMD advertises a 2x improved performance per Watt for the Renoir chips.

With two less cores, the Ryzen 5 4600U is clearly slower than the Ryzen 7 4700U and 4800U in multi threaded workloads. However, it should still beat the fastest 15 Watt Ice Lake Intel Core i7-1065G7 (4 cores, 3.9 GHz). Thanks to the 4 GHz Boost clock, the single core performance should be similar. Therefore, the Ryzen 5 4600U is a very fast 15 Watt CPU and clearly faster than the old Ryzen 7 3700U.

In addition to the six CPU cores, the APU also integrates a Radeon RX Vega 6 integrated graphics card with 6 CUs and up to 1500 MHz. The dual channel memory controller supports DDR4-3200 and energy efficient LPDDR4-4266 RAM. Furthermore, 8 MB level 3 cache can be found on the chip. See our hub page on the Renoir Processors for more information.

The TDP of the APU is specified at 15 Watt (default) and can be configured from 10 to 25 Watt by the laptop vendor. That means the chip is intended for thin and light laptops (but with fans).

AMD Ryzen 7 4980U

► remove from comparison AMD R7 4980U

The AMD Ryzen 7 4980U is a Renoir family processor designed for certain Microsoft Surface systems. 4980U has eight Zen 2 cores clocked at 2.0 GHz (base clock speed) to 4.4 GHz (Boost) with thread-doubling SMT tech enabled for a total of 16 threads. The chip is manufactured on the modern 7 nm TSMC process and partly thanks to that AMD promises a 2x improvement in performance-per-Watt over Ryzen 3000 series mobile CPUs.

Architecture

The Zen 2 microarchitecture has brought a sizeable per-thread performance boost compared to the outgoing Zen+ parts. Renoir product family is also the first to introduce 8-core ULV processors to laptop market, keeping power consumption within reasonable limits. This AMD processor family is very impressive from most perspectives. One of the disatvantages to keep in mind is the lack of PCI-Express 4 support, meaning these blazing-fast NVMe SSDs will be limited to 3.9 GB/s tops.

Ryzen 7 4980U is designed to work with quad-channel LPDDR4 memory at up to 4,267 MHz. 8 MB of Level 3 are present in this chip. The Ryzen 7 gets soldered straight to the motherboard (FP6 socket) and is thus not user-replaceable. Please go to our Renoir hub page for more information on the product family.

Performance

The 4980U is the fastest U-class Ryzen 4000 series chip. As such, its clock speeds are 200 MHz higher (both the base one and Boost one) than what the Ryzen 7 4800U has.

It is thus hardly surprising that the average 4980U in our database is in the same league as the Ryzen 7 5800U and also the Core i7-1260P, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned.

Graphics

In addition to its eight CPU cores, the Ryzen 7 also features the Radeon RX Vega 8 graphics adapter with 8 CUs (= 512 shaders) at up to 1,950 MHz. This iGPU is compatible with FreeSync and DirectX 12 and is able to HW-decode AVC, HEVC, VP9-encoded videos (no AV1 support here). Vega 8 is capable of outputting UHD 2160p60 video signal to several monitors and, similar to Intel's Iris Xe (80 EUs), is good enough for a bit of light gaming on the go, provided one is content with sub-1080p resolutions and low/medium quailty presets.

Power consumption

The APU has a default TDP, also known as the long-term power limit, of 15 W; much like it is with other U-class Ryzen 4000 chips, AMD is fine with laptop makers (Microsoft, in this case) changing that value to anything between 10 W and 25 W.

The 7 nm TSMC process this Ryzen 7 is built with makes for above average, as of mid 2022, energy efficiency.

ModelAMD Ryzen 5 4500UAMD Ryzen 5 4600UAMD Ryzen 7 4980U
SeriesAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
CodenameRenoir-U (Zen 2)Renoir-U (Zen 2)Renoir-U (Zen 2)
Series: Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU) Renoir-U (Zen 2)
AMD Ryzen 7 4980U2 - 4.4 GHz8 / 16 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 4800U1.8 - 4.2 GHz8 / 16 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U2 - 4.1 GHz8 / 8 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4680U2.2 - 4 GHz6 / 12 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U2.1 - 4 GHz6 / 12 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U « 2.3 - 4 GHz6 / 6 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U2.7 - 3.7 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 4980U2 - 4.4 GHz8 / 16 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 4800U1.8 - 4.2 GHz8 / 16 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U2 - 4.1 GHz8 / 8 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4680U2.2 - 4 GHz6 / 12 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U « 2.1 - 4 GHz6 / 12 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U2.3 - 4 GHz6 / 6 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U2.7 - 3.7 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 4980U « 2 - 4.4 GHz8 / 16 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 4800U1.8 - 4.2 GHz8 / 16 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U2 - 4.1 GHz8 / 8 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4680U2.2 - 4 GHz6 / 12 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U2.1 - 4 GHz6 / 12 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U2.3 - 4 GHz6 / 6 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U2.7 - 3.7 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Clock2300 - 4000 MHz2100 - 4000 MHz2000 - 4400 MHz
L1 Cache384 KB384 KB512 KB
L2 Cache3 MB3 MB4 MB
L3 Cache8 MB8 MB8 MB
Cores / Threads6 / 66 / 128 / 16
TDP15 Watt15 Watt15 Watt
Technology7 nm7 nm7 nm
max. Temp.105 °C105 °C105 °C
SocketFP6FP6FP6
FeaturesDDR4-3200/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, SMEDDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMELPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA
iGPUAMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1500 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1500 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1950 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
Announced
Manufacturerwww.amd.comwww.amd.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R5 4500U
30.5 pt (42%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R5 4600U
31.5 pt (44%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R7 4980U
33.6 pt (47%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
5920 Points (5%)
9164 Points (9%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
1152 Points (49%)
1260 Points (54%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 424     avg: 445.8     median: 447.5 (50%)     max: 453 Points
min: 447     avg: 449     median: 447 (50%)     max: 453 Points
492 Points (55%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 1843     avg: 2236     median: 2219 (5%)     max: 2530 Points
min: 2544     avg: 2628     median: 2544 (6%)     max: 2796 Points
3453 Points (8%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 715     avg: 896     median: 892 (6%)     max: 1007 Points
min: 838     avg: 1089     median: 1089 (7%)     max: 1340 Points
1658 Points (10%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 156     avg: 172.8     median: 174 (52%)     max: 177 Points
min: 175     avg: 175.5     median: 175.5 (53%)     max: 176 Points
182 Points (55%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 10.22     avg: 10.9     median: 10.9 (14%)     max: 11.6 Points
18.9 Points (25%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 2.02     avg: 2     median: 2 (50%)     max: 2.04 Points
2.2 Points (53%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 5319     avg: 5337     median: 5337 (32%)     max: 5355 Points
5715 Points (35%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 22934     avg: 24156     median: 24155.5 (18%)     max: 25377 Points
35106 Points (25%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
38477 Points (27%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
9139 Points (11%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
min: 170.4     avg: 171.9     median: 171.9 (2%)     max: 173.4 s
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
min: 5.7     avg: 7.8     median: 8.3 (2%)     max: 9.48 s
wPrime 1.55 - wPrime 1.55 1024m *
236.1 s (1%)
wPrime 1.55 - wPrime 1.55 32m *
7.4 s (4%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
min: 3420     avg: 3493     median: 3493 (6%)     max: 3566 Points
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 22466     avg: 24384     median: 24101 (14%)     max: 25891 MIPS
34854 MIPS (20%)
42368 MIPS (24%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 4235     avg: 4290     median: 4288 (51%)     max: 4338 MIPS
4247 MIPS (51%)
4320 MIPS (52%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
59.3 fps (21%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
210 fps (48%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 5.86     avg: 6.8     median: 6.9 (12%)     max: 7.33 fps
8.8 fps (15%)
9.8 fps (17%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 0.511     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (0%)     max: 0.541 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 0.865     avg: 0.9     median: 0.9 (15%)     max: 0.922 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
4.9 GB/s (13%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 533     avg: 603     median: 584 (4%)     max: 748 Seconds
402 Seconds (3%)
342 Seconds (2%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.614     avg: 0.6     median: 0.6 (14%)     max: 0.654 sec
0.6 sec (14%)
0.6 sec (14%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 8933     avg: 8934     median: 8933.5 (19%)     max: 8934 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 10     avg: 10.3     median: 10.3 (2%)     max: 10.5 s
9.6 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
24 s (1%)
24.8 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 620     avg: 622     median: 622 (3%)     max: 624 s
758 s (3%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 7061     avg: 8121     median: 8095 (22%)     max: 8704 Points
min: 7925     avg: 9140     median: 9139.5 (25%)     max: 10354 Points
11759 Points (32%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 61260     avg: 63475     median: 63892 (52%)     max: 65272 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 57910     avg: 62775     median: 63587.5 (52%)     max: 66013 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 68588     avg: 69178     median: 69062 (58%)     max: 69884 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 6900     avg: 7494     median: 7616 (19%)     max: 7925 Points
11149 Points (28%)
10152 Points (26%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 9800     avg: 11318     median: 11477 (20%)     max: 12259 Points
17296 Points (31%)
18654 Points (33%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 3316     avg: 3759     median: 3734 (16%)     max: 4187 Points
min: 5152     avg: 5176     median: 5175.5 (22%)     max: 5199 Points
5917 Points (25%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1082     avg: 1109     median: 1097 (46%)     max: 1220 Points
1105 Points (47%)
1133 Points (48%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 4352     avg: 4774     median: 4632 (8%)     max: 6234 Points
5591 Points (10%)
7156 Points (13%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
1074 Points (5%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
4282 Points (14%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 4486     avg: 4624     median: 4624 (46%)     max: 4762 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 17798     avg: 18561     median: 18561 (21%)     max: 19324 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
18690 Points (33%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
3960 Points (77%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
19029 Points (30%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
4162 Points (62%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
6630 Points (53%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
5771 Points (52%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
20968 Points (41%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
16596 Points (33%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
14964 Points (39%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 819     avg: 851     median: 853 (1%)     max: 871 ms
851 ms (1%)
811 ms (1%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
99 ms (1%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
90.9 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 33759     avg: 43608     median: 48506 (44%)     max: 48558 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 191     avg: 196.5     median: 197 (41%)     max: 202 Points
199 Points (41%)
210 Points (44%)
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
816 Points (31%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 28.8     avg: 42     median: 43 (7%)     max: 53 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 26.8     avg: 37.8     median: 30.7 (6%)     max: 53 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 16.5     avg: 24.7     median: 25.3 (19%)     max: 31.7 Points per Watt

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 4500U → 100% n=17

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 4600U → 117% n=17

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 7 4980U → 132% n=17

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