AMD Ryzen 5 4600H vs Intel Core i7-4700EQ

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 4600H and Intel Core i7-4700EQ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 4600H

  • CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
  • 4 more threads: 12 vs 8
  • Around 18% higher clock speed: 4 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 105 °C vs 100°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 22 nm
  • 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 38% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 4% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 47 Watt
  • Around 38% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2433 vs 1765
  • 2.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 14416 vs 5417
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 6 Jan 2020 vs May 2013
Number of cores 6 vs 4
Number of threads 12 vs 8
Maximum frequency 4 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
Maximum core temperature 105 °C vs 100°C
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 22 nm
L1 cache 768 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 3 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 11 MB vs 8192 KB (shared)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 47 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2433 vs 1765
PassMark - CPU mark 14416 vs 5417

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 4600H
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-4700EQ

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2433
1765
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
14416
5417
Name AMD Ryzen 5 4600H Intel Core i7-4700EQ
PassMark - Single thread mark 2433 1765
PassMark - CPU mark 14416 5417
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 4403
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3417
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 10338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 12.089
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 74.176
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 3.02
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 12.937
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1086
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2883
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4319
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1086
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2883
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4319

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 4600H Intel Core i7-4700EQ

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Haswell
Launch date 6 Jan 2020 May 2013
OPN Tray 100-000000100
Place in performance rating 1092 1202
Vertical segment Laptop Embedded
Processor Number i7-4700EQ
Series 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 3 GHz 2.40 GHz
L1 cache 768 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 3 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 11 MB 8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 105 °C 100°C
Maximum frequency 4 GHz 3.40 GHz
Number of cores 6 4
Number of threads 12 8
64 bit support
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI
Die size 177 mm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 100 °C
Transistor count 1400 million

Memory

Supported memory types DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266 DDR3L 1333/1600
ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI
eDP
Number of displays supported 3
VGA
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 35-54 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FP6 FCBGA1364
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 47 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 37.5mm x 32mm x 1.6mm

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCIe configurations Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8 2x4
Scalability 1S Only

Advanced Technologies

Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 400 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.00 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 2 GB
Processor graphics Intel® HD Graphics 4600

Graphics image quality

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 N / A

Graphics API support

DirectX 11.2/12
OpenGL 4.3

Security & Reliability

Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)