AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS vs Intel Core i5-10400H
AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS
► remove from comparisonThe AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS is a mobile SoC for big laptops based on the Renoir architecture. The 4600HS integrates six of the eight cores based on the Zen 2 microarchitecture. They are clocked at 3 (guaranteed base clock) to 4 GHz (Turbo) and support SMT / Hyperthreading (12 threads). The chip is manufactured on the modern 7 nm TSMC process and partly thanks to it AMD advertises a 2x improved performance per Watt for the Renoir chips. Compared to the similar named Ryzen 5 4600H, the 4600HS is the power efficient version with a TDP of 35 Watt (10 Watt less).
Due to the two deactivated cores and the slower Turbo clock speed, the Ryzen 5 4600HS should be significantly slower than the Ryzen 7 4800HS. The old top model Ryzen 7 3750H is still clearly slower due to the four Zen+ cores. Compared to the competition, the Intel Core i7-8850H (6-core Coffee Lake 2.6 - 4.3 GHz) should offer a similar performance.
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 35 Watt (default). Although the TDP is 10 Watt lower than the Ryzen 5 4600H, the chip is still intended for big and relatively heavy laptops.
Intel Core i5-10400H
► remove from comparisonThe Intel Core i5-10400H is a fast processor for laptops with four cores based on the Comet Lake-H series (4th generation of Skylake architecture). The processor clocks at between 2.6 and 4.6 GHz (up to 4.4 with 4 cores) and can execute up to eight threads simultaneously thanks to Hyper-Threading. According to Intel, the CPU is manufactured in 14nm (14nm++) process.
The Comet Lake architecture is similar to Coffee Lake and offers the same features and is produced in the same 14nm process. Other than the improved clock rates, the memory controller now also supports faster DDR4-2933 RAM. More information on Comet Lake and all the models and articles on it can be found here.
The Core i5-10400H supports the management features vPro, TXT and SIPP.
Performance
The performance should be slightly better than the old Core i7-8809G (Quad-Core 3.1 - 4.2) which was the fastest mobile quad core by Intel.
Graphics
The integrated Intel UHD Graphics 630 iGPU is supposed to offer a similar performance as the UHD630 in the Core i5-9300H. As a low-end solution it will probably only run current games smoothly at reduced details - if at all.
Power Consumption
Intel specifies the TDP with 45 watts and therefore the i5 is only suited for big laptops with good cooling solutions. Using cTDP-down, the CPU can also be configured to 35 Watt resulting in a reduced performance.
Model | AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS | Intel Core i5-10400H | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series | AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU) | Intel Comet Lake | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Codename | Renoir-HS (Zen 2) | Comet Lake-H | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series: Comet Lake Comet Lake-H |
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Clock | 3000 - 4000 MHz | 2600 - 4600 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
L1 Cache | 384 KB | 256 KB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
L2 Cache | 3 MB | 1 MB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
L3 Cache | 8 MB | 8 MB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cores / Threads | 6 / 12 | 4 / 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TDP | 35 Watt | 45 Watt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Technology | 7 nm | 14 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
max. Temp. | 105 °C | 100 °C | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Socket | FP6 | FCBGA1440 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT | Dual-Channel DDR4 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
iGPU | AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1500 MHz) | Intel UHD Graphics 630 (350 - 1100 MHz) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architecture | x86 | x86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Manufacturer | ark.intel.com |