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AMD Ryzen 5 4600U vs AMD Ryzen 5 4500U vs AMD Ryzen 5 4600H

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 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 4600H

► remove from comparison AMD R5 4600H

The AMD Ryzen 5 4600H is a mobile SoC for big laptops based on the Renoir architecture. The 4600H 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).

In addition to the six CPU cores, the APU also integrates a Radeon RX Vega 6 integrated graphics adapter 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.

Performance

The average 4600H in our database matches the Intel Core i7-10875H and even the Core i9-10885H, both significantly more costly chips, in multi-thread performance, giving this Ryzen an outrageously high price-to-performance ratio.

Your mileage may vary depending on how high the CPU power limits are and how competent the cooling solution of your system is.

Power consumption

The Ryzen 5 chip has a default TDP (also known as the long-term power limit) of 45 W, a value that laptop makers are free to change to anything between 35 W and 54 W with clock speed and performance changing accordingly as a result. Either way, a high-performance cooling solution is a must for a CPU like this.

The 7 nm TSMC process this APU is built with makes for better-than-average, as of early 2022, energy efficiency.

ModelAMD Ryzen 5 4600UAMD Ryzen 5 4500UAMD Ryzen 5 4600H
SeriesAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
CodenameRenoir-U (Zen 2)Renoir-U (Zen 2)Renoir-H (Zen 2)
Series: Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU) Renoir-H (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 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 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 9 4900H3.3 - 4.4 GHz8 / 16 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H2.9 - 4.2 GHz8 / 16 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4600H « 3 - 4 GHz6 / 12 cores8 MB L3
Clock2100 - 4000 MHz2300 - 4000 MHz3000 - 4000 MHz
L1 Cache384 KB384 KB384 KB
L2 Cache3 MB3 MB3 MB
L3 Cache8 MB8 MB8 MB
Cores / Threads6 / 126 / 66 / 12
TDP15 Watt15 Watt45 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, SMT, 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, 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, SME
iGPUAMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1500 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1500 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1500 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
Announced
Manufacturerwww.amd.comwww.amd.com

Benchmarks

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 - R5 4500U
30.5 pt (42%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R5 4600H
32.4 pt (45%)
Cinebench 2024 - CB24 CPU Single Core
69 Points (48%)
Cinebench 2024 - CB24 CPU Multi Core
499 Points (9%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
5920 Points (5%)
min: 7713     avg: 8161     median: 8072 (7%)     max: 8786 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
1152 Points (49%)
min: 1134     avg: 1145     median: 1142.5 (49%)     max: 1161 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 447     avg: 449     median: 447 (50%)     max: 453 Points
min: 424     avg: 445.8     median: 447.5 (50%)     max: 453 Points
min: 428     avg: 445.3     median: 449.5 (50%)     max: 454 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 2544     avg: 2628     median: 2544 (6%)     max: 2796 Points
min: 1843     avg: 2236     median: 2219 (5%)     max: 2530 Points
min: 3055     avg: 3233     median: 3229.5 (8%)     max: 3393 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 838     avg: 1089     median: 1089 (7%)     max: 1340 Points
min: 715     avg: 896     median: 892 (6%)     max: 1007 Points
min: 1398     avg: 1428     median: 1425 (9%)     max: 1467 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 175     avg: 175.5     median: 175.5 (53%)     max: 176 Points
min: 156     avg: 172.8     median: 174 (52%)     max: 177 Points
min: 172.1     avg: 176.5     median: 176 (53%)     max: 179 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 10.22     avg: 10.9     median: 10.9 (14%)     max: 11.6 Points
16.3 Points (21%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 2.02     avg: 2     median: 2 (50%)     max: 2.04 Points
2 Points (51%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 5319     avg: 5337     median: 5337 (32%)     max: 5355 Points
5365 Points (32%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 22934     avg: 24156     median: 24155.5 (18%)     max: 25377 Points
32756 Points (24%)
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
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
min: 3420     avg: 3493     median: 3493 (6%)     max: 3566 Points
4380 Points (7%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
34854 MIPS (20%)
min: 22466     avg: 24384     median: 24101 (14%)     max: 25891 MIPS
min: 36693     avg: 37768     median: 37642.5 (22%)     max: 38873 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
4247 MIPS (51%)
min: 4235     avg: 4290     median: 4288 (51%)     max: 4338 MIPS
min: 4334     avg: 4395     median: 4397 (53%)     max: 4471 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
59.3 fps (21%)
82.9 fps (29%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
210 fps (48%)
197 fps (45%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
8.8 fps (15%)
min: 5.86     avg: 6.8     median: 6.9 (12%)     max: 7.33 fps
min: 9.27     avg: 9.8     median: 9.8 (17%)     max: 10.4 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 0.511     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (0%)     max: 0.541 GB/s
0.8 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 0.865     avg: 0.9     median: 0.9 (15%)     max: 0.922 GB/s
1.4 GB/s (24%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
4.9 GB/s (13%)
5 GB/s (13%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
631 Seconds (8%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
402 Seconds (3%)
min: 533     avg: 603     median: 584 (4%)     max: 748 Seconds
min: 337.2     avg: 351.9     median: 352 (2%)     max: 369 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
0.6 sec (14%)
min: 0.614     avg: 0.6     median: 0.6 (14%)     max: 0.654 sec
min: 0.607     avg: 0.6     median: 0.6 (13%)     max: 0.627 sec
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
10.5 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
24 s (1%)
24.1 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
607 s (3%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 7925     avg: 9140     median: 9139.5 (25%)     max: 10354 Points
min: 7061     avg: 8121     median: 8095 (22%)     max: 8704 Points
min: 10904     avg: 11680     median: 11593.5 (31%)     max: 12640 Points
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
min: 61439     avg: 63513     median: 63779 (54%)     max: 65322 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
11149 Points (28%)
min: 6900     avg: 7494     median: 7616 (19%)     max: 7925 Points
min: 10548     avg: 11100     median: 11085.5 (28%)     max: 11681 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
17296 Points (31%)
min: 9800     avg: 11318     median: 11477 (20%)     max: 12259 Points
min: 17769     avg: 18050     median: 18021.5 (32%)     max: 18378 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 5152     avg: 5176     median: 5175.5 (22%)     max: 5199 Points
min: 3316     avg: 3759     median: 3734 (16%)     max: 4187 Points
min: 5496     avg: 6170     median: 6251 (26%)     max: 6792 Points
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core
1525 Points (46%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core
6631 Points (26%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
1105 Points (47%)
min: 1082     avg: 1109     median: 1097 (46%)     max: 1220 Points
min: 1099     avg: 1115     median: 1117 (47%)     max: 1124 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
5591 Points (10%)
min: 4352     avg: 4774     median: 4632 (8%)     max: 6234 Points
min: 5260     avg: 6057     median: 6080 (11%)     max: 6574 Points
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
4964 Points (50%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 17798     avg: 18561     median: 18561 (21%)     max: 19324 Points
25247 Points (28%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
4605 Points (63%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
20939 Points (51%)
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 *
851 ms (1%)
min: 819     avg: 851     median: 853 (1%)     max: 871 ms
min: 844     avg: 849     median: 848.5 (1%)     max: 855 ms
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
min: 46066     avg: 47138     median: 47137.5 (42%)     max: 48209 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
199 Points (41%)
min: 191     avg: 196.5     median: 197 (41%)     max: 202 Points
min: 198     avg: 206     median: 207 (43%)     max: 212 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
816 Points (31%)
1061 Points (41%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 28.8     avg: 42     median: 43 (7%)     max: 53 Watt
66.4 Watt (11%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 26.8     avg: 37.8     median: 30.7 (6%)     max: 53 Watt
66.4 Watt (12%)
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
21.1 Points per Watt (16%)

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 4600U → 100% n=17

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 4500U → 88% n=17

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 4600H → 109% n=17

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