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AMD Ryzen 5 6600H vs Ryzen 5 4600H

46 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
VS
37 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 4600H
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
AMD Ryzen 5 4600H

We compared two 6-core laptop CPUs: the 3.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 6600H against the 3.0 GHz Ryzen 5 4600H. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 4600H and 6600H
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • Newer - released 2 years later
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • More powerful AMD Radeon 660M integrated graphics: 1.5 vs 1.2 TFLOPS
  • 31% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1954 vs 1492 points
  • More modern manufacturing process – 6 versus 7 nanometers
  • 13% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.5 GHz vs 4 GHz)
  • Around 8.53 GB/s (12%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 4600H
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 5 6600H
vs
Ryzen 5 4600H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 6600H +31%
1954
Ryzen 5 4600H
1492
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 6600H +54%
8529
Ryzen 5 4600H
5529
File compression 857 MB/sec 389.7 MB/sec
Clang compilation 62.5 Klines/sec 44.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 169.7 pages/sec 102.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 223.8 Mpixels/sec 161 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 208.8 pages/sec 131.6 pages/sec
Background blur 41.6 images/sec 30.7 images/sec
Photo processing 73.7 images/sec 42.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.8 Mpixels/sec 11 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1041 & 746 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 6600H +30%
3144
Ryzen 5 4600H
2411
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 6600H +28%
18081
Ryzen 5 4600H
14115
Integer math 63.2 GOps/sec 45.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 35.9 GOps/sec 26.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 49M Primes/sec 28M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 23.2M Strings/sec 21.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.8 GBytes/sec 12 GBytes/sec
Data compression 222.9 MBytes/sec 200 MBytes/sec
Physics 848 Frames/sec 627 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.4B Matrices/sec 12.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1976 & 3806 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 5 6600H +25%
132.39
Ryzen 5 4600H
106.24

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.3 PPW 9.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 189.5 PPW 102.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 401.8 PPW 261.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.94 PPW 1.97 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-21 (Reitz)Cinebench 202487 / 597
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-17 (SamsulGG15)Geekbench 6 CPU2051 / 9242
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-31 (Elitube)Geekbench 6 CPU1820 / 6311
πŸ“˜ 2025-07-10 (Swaddy)Geekbench 6 CPU2024 / 8943
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AMD Ryzen 5 4600H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-25 (UnknownUser)Cinebench 202465 / 495
πŸ“˜ 2024-12-25 (Ocelot)Cinebench 202469 / 520
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 6600H and Ryzen 5 4600H

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released January 4, 2022 January 6, 2020
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3+ (Rembrandt) Zen 2 (Renoir)
Integrated GPU Radeon 660M Radeon Vega 6
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i5 12600H - Intel Core i5 11500H
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (132nd and 168th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.3 GHz 3.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 33x 30x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 32K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 6 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 45 W 35-54 W (configurable)
Socket FP7 FP6
Peak Temperature 95Β°C 105Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics AMD Radeon 660M Radeon Vega 6
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1900 MHz 1500 MHz
Shading Units 384 384
TMUs 24 24
ROPs 16 8
Execution Units 6 6
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 5 6600H +25%
1.5 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 4600H
1.2 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 6 compared to Radeon 660M

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- LPDDR5-6400		 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 68.27 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 6600H official page AMD Ryzen 5 4600H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 16

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Total votes: 65

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Comments

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