AMD Ryzen 5 8600G vs Ryzen 5 4600G
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We compared two 6-core desktop CPUs: the 4.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 8600G against the 3.7 GHz Ryzen 5 4600G. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
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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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
- Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
- Newer - released 3 years and 6 months later
- Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
- More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 7 nanometers
- More powerful Radeon 760M integrated graphics: 2.9 vs 1.7 TFLOPS
- 67% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2727 vs 1633 points
- Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
- 19% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#195th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1270 MB/sec | 535.2 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 85.2 Klines/sec | 48.4 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 269.9 pages/sec | 139.6 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 330.3 Mpixels/sec | 199.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 284 pages/sec | 141.2 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 60.9 images/sec | 37.3 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 109.2 images/sec | 54.5 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 18.3 Mpixels/sec | 12.9 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 76.8 GOps/sec | 50.5 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 47.9 GOps/sec | 29.9 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 94M Primes/sec | 32M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 35.1M Strings/sec | 24.2M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 17.1 GBytes/sec | 13.5 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 292.8 MBytes/sec | 230.6 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1416 Frames/sec | 673 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 22.6B Matrices/sec | 15.2B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 13 PPW | 8.1 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 191.7 PPW | 103.5 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 387.5 PPW | 245 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 2.67 PPW | 1.95 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-08-31 (Metzen) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2850 / 13124 |
| 📘 2025-08-31 (Metzen) | Cinebench 2024 | 113 / 847 |
| 📘 2025-06-19 (karky) | Cinebench 2024 | 104 / 766 |
AMD Ryzen 5 4600G
No benchmark results yet
Specifications
Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 8600G and Ryzen 5 4600GGeneral
| Vendor | Amd | Amd |
| Released | January 8, 2024 | July 21, 2020 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Zen 4 (Phoenix) | Zen 2 (Renoir) |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon 760M | Radeon Vega 7 |
| Successor | - | - AMD Ryzen 5 8600G |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (64th and 166th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 6 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 12 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.3 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| Total Cores | 6 | 6 |
| Total Threads | 12 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 43x | 37x |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 96K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 1MB (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 16MB (shared) | 8MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | 25 billions | 4.9 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 4 nm | 7 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 45-65 W (configurable) | 45-65 W (configurable) |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 88 W | - |
| Socket | AM5 | AM4 |
| Peak Temperature | 95°C | 95°C |
Desktop CPU ranking (78th and 154th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Radeon 760M | Radeon Vega 7 |
| GPU Base Clock | 800 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 2800 MHz | 1900 MHz |
| Shading Units | 512 | 448 |
| TMUs | 32 | 28 |
| ROPs | 16 | 8 |
| Execution Units | 8 | 7 |
| TGP | 15 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 7 compared to Radeon 760M
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - DDR5-5200 | - DDR4-3200 |
| Max. Memory Size | 256 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | - | 43.71 GB/s |
| ECC Support | Yes | No |
Misc
| Official Site | AMD Ryzen 5 8600G official page | AMD Ryzen 5 4600G official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 | 12 |
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Total votes: 4