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Intel Core i7-10710U vs AMD Ryzen 5 4600U

Intel Core i7-10710U

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The Intel Core i7-10710U is a power efficient hexa-core SoC for notebooks based on the Comet Lake (CML-U) generation and was announced in August 2019. Compared to the similar Whiskey Lake processors (e.g. Core i5-8665U), the only difference is support for higher memory speeds (DDR4-2666 vs 2400) and two additional cores in the top model. The processor cores are clocked between 1.1 and 4.7 GHz (all 6 cores 3.9 GHz max). Thanks to HyperThreading 12 threads can be used. More information on Comet Lake and all the models and articles on it can be found here.

Thanks to the two additional cores and the high clock rates, the processor performance of the i7-10710U is very good for its class. It should outperform the top Whiskey Lake and also Ice Lake processors if the cooling and TDP settings are not limiting.

The integrated graphics card however is still the same as in the previous generations. It should be still called Intel HD Graphics 620 and clock from 300 - 1150 MHz in the i7. Furthermore, the SoC integrates a VP9 and H.265 de- and encoder and an integrated dual channel DDR4-2666 / LPDDR4x 2933 / LPDDR3-2133 memory controller.

The chip is still produced on the 14nm++ process as Whiskey Lake. The TDP (PL1) is specified at 15 Watts but can be varied from 12.5 to 25 Watt from the manufacturer (cTDP up/down) resulting in different performance (especially Turbo durations). To provide the full performance, Intel proposes a short power peak of 90 W (PL4) for the i7 and therefore 8 W more than the quad-core CML-U CPUs and a whopping 19 W more than Whiskey Lake. Therefore, some slim laptops with 15W CML-U CPUs wont offer the i7 as they cant provide enough power and cooling to get full performance out of the 6 cores.

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).

ModelIntel Core i7-10710UAMD Ryzen 5 4600U
SeriesIntel Comet LakeAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
CodenameComet Lake-URenoir-U (Zen 2)
Series: Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU) Renoir-U (Zen 2)
Intel Core i7-10810U compare1.1 - 4.9 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-10710U « 1.1 - 4.7 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-10610U compare1.8 - 4.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-10510U compare1.8 - 4.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-10310U compare1.7 - 4.4 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-10210U compare1.6 - 4.2 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i3-10110U compare2.1 - 4.1 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 6405U compare2.4 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 5205U compare1.9 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD Ryzen 7 4980U compare2 - 4.4 GHz8 / 16 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 4800U compare1.8 - 4.2 GHz8 / 16 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U compare2 - 4.1 GHz8 / 8 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4680U compare2.2 - 4 GHz6 / 12 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U « 2.1 - 4 GHz6 / 12 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U compare2.3 - 4 GHz6 / 6 cores8 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U compare2.7 - 3.7 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Clock1100 - 4700 MHz2100 - 4000 MHz
L1 Cache256 KB384 KB
L2 Cache1 MB3 MB
L3 Cache12 MB8 MB
Cores / Threads6 / 126 / 12
TDP15 Watt15 Watt
Technology14 nm7 nm
max. Temp.100 °C105 °C
SocketBGA1528FP6
FeaturesLPDDR3-2133/DDR4-2666/LPDDR4-2933 RAM, PCIe 3, 4 GT/s bus, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, VMX, SMEP, SMAP, MPX, EIST, TM1, TM2, HT, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SGXDDR4-3200/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
iGPUIntel UHD Graphics 620 (300 - 1150 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1500 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comwww.amd.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i7-10710U
31.3 pt (43%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R5 4600U
31.5 pt (44%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
4079 Points (4%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
863 Points (37%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 429     avg: 457.3     median: 460 (51%)     max: 480 Points
min: 447     avg: 449     median: 447 (50%)     max: 453 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 1181     avg: 2012     median: 2303 (6%)     max: 2598 Points
min: 2544     avg: 2628     median: 2544 (6%)     max: 2796 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 513     avg: 957     median: 1059 (7%)     max: 1113 Points
min: 838     avg: 1089     median: 1089 (7%)     max: 1340 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 138     avg: 174.9     median: 176 (53%)     max: 194 Points
min: 175     avg: 175.5     median: 175.5 (53%)     max: 176 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 10.89     avg: 11.7     median: 11.8 (15%)     max: 12.28 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 2.07     avg: 2.1     median: 2.2 (54%)     max: 2.19 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 6599     avg: 6972     median: 6972 (42%)     max: 7345 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 31463     avg: 31644     median: 31643.5 (23%)     max: 31824 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
min: 171.1     avg: 174.3     median: 174.3 (2%)     max: 177.4 s
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
min: 5.103     avg: 5.2     median: 5.2 (1%)     max: 5.375 s
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
min: 4496     avg: 4657     median: 4656.5 (7%)     max: 4817 Points
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 16713     avg: 23912     median: 24493 (14%)     max: 29948 MIPS
34854 MIPS (20%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 4425     avg: 4609     median: 4642 (55%)     max: 4727 MIPS
4247 MIPS (51%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 58.9     avg: 60.8     median: 60.5 (21%)     max: 63 fps
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 196     avg: 202     median: 204 (47%)     max: 206 fps
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 4.2     avg: 5.9     median: 5.8 (10%)     max: 7.95 fps
8.8 fps (15%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 0.57     avg: 0.7     median: 0.7 (0%)     max: 0.731 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 1     avg: 1.1     median: 1.2 (21%)     max: 1.2 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
min: 4.6     avg: 6     median: 6.4 (17%)     max: 7.1 GB/s
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 468.3     avg: 649     median: 618 (4%)     max: 892 Seconds
402 Seconds (3%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.649     avg: 0.7     median: 0.7 (14%)     max: 0.674 sec
0.6 sec (14%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
10451 Points (22%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 8     avg: 8.4     median: 8.2 (2%)     max: 9.071 s
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 17.69     avg: 18.7     median: 18 (1%)     max: 20.34 s
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 466     avg: 498.7     median: 507 (2%)     max: 523 s
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 7765     avg: 10676     median: 10696 (29%)     max: 13081 Points
min: 7925     avg: 9140     median: 9139.5 (25%)     max: 10354 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 57889     avg: 58101     median: 58101 (47%)     max: 58313 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 58108     avg: 58126     median: 58126 (47%)     max: 58144 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 59999     avg: 60053     median: 60052.5 (51%)     max: 60106 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 6463     avg: 8852     median: 9476 (24%)     max: 10583 Points
11149 Points (28%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 9496     avg: 13862     median: 14519 (26%)     max: 15892 Points
17296 Points (31%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 3579     avg: 4774     median: 4629.5 (20%)     max: 6256 Points
min: 5152     avg: 5176     median: 5175.5 (22%)     max: 5199 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1225     avg: 1227     median: 1227 (52%)     max: 1229 Points
1105 Points (47%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 4575     avg: 5207     median: 5207 (9%)     max: 5839 Points
5591 Points (10%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1024     avg: 1043     median: 1043 (5%)     max: 1062 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 3039     avg: 4258     median: 4258 (13%)     max: 5477 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 3959     avg: 4615     median: 4615 (46%)     max: 5271 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 11871     avg: 17420     median: 17420 (19%)     max: 22969 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
5366 Points (73%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
22182 Points (54%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
22477 Points (35%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
4309 Points (65%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 942     avg: 1017     median: 1041 (1%)     max: 1069 ms
851 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 35243     avg: 37344     median: 37343.5 (34%)     max: 39444 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
219 Points (46%)
199 Points (41%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 35.6     avg: 47.6     median: 47.2 (8%)     max: 60 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 35.1     avg: 41.1     median: 41.1 (8%)     max: 47.1 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 18.9     avg: 20.6     median: 20.6 (15%)     max: 22.3 Points per Watt

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-10710U → 100% n=17

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 4600U → 107% n=17

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