AMD Ryzen 5 3550U vs AMD Ryzen 5 4600H

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 3550U and AMD Ryzen 5 4600H processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics interfaces, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

AMD Ryzen 5 3550U

AMD Ryzen 5 4600H

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 3550U

Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 45 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 45 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 4600H

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
4 more threads: 12 vs 8
Around 8% higher clock speed: 4 GHz vs 3.70 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 12 nm
2.8x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2435 vs 2053
Around 88% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 14465 vs 7681

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	6 vs 4
Number of threads	12 vs 8
Maximum frequency	4 GHz vs 3.70 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 12 nm
L3 cache	11 MB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2435 vs 2053
PassMark - CPU mark	14465 vs 7681

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 3550U
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 4600H

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2053

2435

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

7681

14465

Name	AMD Ryzen 5 3550U	AMD Ryzen 5 4600H
PassMark - Single thread mark	2053	2435
PassMark - CPU mark	7681	14465
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		4367

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 5 3550U	AMD Ryzen 5 4600H
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+	Zen 2
Launch date	Q1 2020	6 Jan 2020
Place in performance rating	1099	1090
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
OPN Tray		100-000000100
Performance
Base frequency	2.10 GHz	3 GHz
L3 cache	4 MB	11 MB
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	7 nm
Maximum frequency	3.70 GHz	4 GHz
Number of cores	4	6
Number of threads	8	12
L1 cache		768 KB
L2 cache		3 MB
Maximum core temperature		105 °C
Memory
Max memory channels	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	35.76 GB/s
Maximum memory size	32 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266
Graphics
Execution Units	8
Graphics base frequency	300 MHz
Graphics max frequency	1200 MHz
Number of pipelines	512
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 8 Graphics
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FP5	FP6
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	45 Watt
Configurable TDP		35-54 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	12
PCI Express revision		3.0
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Advanced Technologies
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)