AMD Ryzen 5 4600U vs AMD Ryzen 3 2300U

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 4600U and AMD Ryzen 3 2300U processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics API support, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Ryzen 5 4600U

AMD Ryzen 3 2300U

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 4600U

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
8 more threads: 12 vs 4
Around 18% higher clock speed: 4.0 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 105 °C vs 95°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2439 vs 1748
2.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 13466 vs 5560

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 Jan 2020 vs 8 January 2018
Number of cores	6 vs 4
Number of threads	12 vs 4
Maximum frequency	4.0 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Maximum core temperature	105 °C vs 95°C
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 14 nm
L2 cache	3 MB vs 2 MB
L3 cache	8 MB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2439 vs 1748
PassMark - CPU mark	13466 vs 5560

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 3 2300U

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2439

1748

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

13466

5560

Name	AMD Ryzen 5 4600U	AMD Ryzen 3 2300U
PassMark - Single thread mark	2439	1748
PassMark - CPU mark	13466	5560
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		724
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		2237
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		22.001
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		376.289
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.94
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		29.592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		90.909
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3348
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3348

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 5 4600U	AMD Ryzen 3 2300U
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 2	Zen
Family	AMD Ryzen	AMD Ryzen Processors
Launch date	6 Jan 2020	8 January 2018
OPN Tray	100-000000105	YM2300C4T4MFB
Place in performance rating	920	887
Series	AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile Processors with Radeon Graphics	AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Performance
Base frequency	2.1 GHz	2 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB	384 KB
L2 cache	3 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	8 MB	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	95°C
Maximum frequency	4.0 GHz	3.4 GHz
Number of cores	6	4
Number of GPU cores	6	6
Number of threads	12	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size		246 mm
Transistor count		4500 Million
Memory
Max memory channels	4	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	68.27 GB/s
Maximum memory size	64 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-3200MHz, LPDDR4-4266MHz	DDR4
Supported memory frequency		2400 MHz
Graphics
Execution Units	6
Graphics max frequency	1500 MHz	1100 MHz
Number of pipelines	384
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 6	Radeon Vega 6 Graphics
iGPU core count		6
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Number of displays supported	4
Compatibility
Configurable TDP	10-25 Watt	12-25 Watt
Sockets supported	FP6	FP5
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Thermal Solution		Not included
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	16
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x8+1x4+1x4, 2x4+1x4+1x4
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Advanced Technologies
AMD SenseMI
FreeSync
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
The "Zen" Core Architecture
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)