AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800U

Processor comparisons 17-03-2021

   If you can't decide which processor to buy, you can make a choice by looking at the AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800U tests and see which is better for games or simple use for video editing, programming, machine learning, streaming, rendering. Here is useful information from real streaming and video editing tests or many benchmarks. A careful review of all the specifications, to make it easier to read, is made by the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of parallel examination in synthetic type tests such as Blender, Furmark, RealBench, WPrime, Prime95, MATLAB, SuperPi, DaVinci Resolve Studio, 7zip, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, Dolphin Emulator, 3DMark, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), Handbrake, Gears 5, PCMark 10, GeekBench 6, 5.2, VeraCrypt, Blender, UserBenchmark, AIDA64, PassMark.
   And how good the CPUs are in games:

DOOM: Eternal
Halo Infinite
Cyberpunk 2077
Watch Dogs Legion
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone
Grand Theft Auto V
Apex Legends
Overwatch
Valorant
Last Man Standing
Fortnite
Death Stranding
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Fallout 76
Red Dead Redemption 2
Valheim
Rainbow Six Siege
Borderlands 3

After looking at the data of parallel benchmarks and videos, you already be able to know which CPU is better to buy for gaming AMD Ryzen 7 5800U or AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Ryzen 5 4600HS

54%

Ryzen 7 5800U

56%

This value shows the performance of the processors in single-threaded and multi-threaded mode. In this comparison, Ryzen 7 5800U is 3% better than Ryzen 5 4600HS. The data source is several popular tests. More detailed information of the benchmarks is below.

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Ryzen 5 4600HS

53%

Ryzen 7 5800U

54%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor currently available. And it is clear that this is a server processor, on which no one will run games. Because the cost of this processor reaches several tens of thousands of dollars. And if it seems to you that the selected CPU has a little game result, look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the summary table below.
List of other games in which CPU comparisons were performed: Forza Horizon 4, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Ghostrunner, NBA 2K20, Half-Life: Alyx, League of Legends (LOL), Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Hitman 3, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Metro Exodus, Battlefield V, Control, Horizon Zero Dawn, DOTA 2A, Monster Hunter World, Microsoft Flight Simulator.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	94.3	95.4
Valorant	107.2	108.4
Cyberpunk 2077	60.0	60.7
Apex Legends	100.7	101.9
Call of Duty Warzone	80.4	81.3
Overwatch	86.8	87.8
Red Dead Redemption 2	73.9	74.8
DOOM Eternal	53.6	54.2
Warzone	83.6	84.5
Assassin's Creed	90.0	91.0
Valheim	89.0	89.9

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The computers participating in the comparisons not only were the equipped with different video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 4K, 2K or FullHD. Therefore, the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. You will get more accurate information about how powerful the processor will be in games, if you get acquainted with the benchmarks that are made with the same video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Ryzen 5 4600HS

109%

Ryzen 7 5800U

244%

To make a finishing resolution on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. It is clear that the newer the generation, the better the performance of the processor in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Ryzen 7 5800U is more energy efficient than the Ryzen 5 4600HS since it has less power consumption: 35W vs. 20W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, it will be useful to know its TDP. It is necessary to calculate so that the TDP data specified in the cooler specification is greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

Let's say you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for machine learning, programming, streaming, video rendering or video editing, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to achieve maximum performance, the processor uses all cores and threads that it has. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before you take into account the data from these tests, be sure to check whether the program you are going to use on your computer supports multi-threaded mode. Because there are still many programs that use only one core to run, and all the advantages of multi-core mode turns out to be unnecessary.

Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS	AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
Cinbench 15 Single-core	173	208
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	1424	2011
Cinbench 20 Single-core	436	483
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	3158	4407
Cinbench 23 Single-core	1162	1201
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	8934	12266

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS	AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
Single-Core	2435	2679
Multi-Core	14510	22174

GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS	AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
Single-Core	1145	1468
Multi-Core	6187	7215

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most useful will be the release date of the processor and the possibility of overclocking it. The newer the processor, the longer it will last you. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system later. The same benefits from the presence of overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, increasing its performance, then it will still be able to produce maximum FPS in new games. Accordingly, you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The savings are obvious!

	AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS	AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
Announcement date	April 01, 2020	February 22, 2021
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FP6	FP6
Core name	Renoir	Cezanne
Architecture	Zen 2	Zen 3
Generation	2	5
Turbo Frequency	4 MHz	4.4 MHz
Frequency	3 MHz	1.9 MHz
Cores	6	8
Threads	12	16
Bus rate
Bit	64	64
Lithography	7 nm	7 nm
Transistors count	4600 millions	6200 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	35 W	20 W
Memory type	DDR4 - Up to 3200MHz	DDR4-3200 LPDDR4-4266
Max. Memory
Memory Frequency		3200
Memory bandwidth	68 Gb/s
L1 cache
L2 cache	3MB	4MB
L3 cache	8MB	32MB
Overclocking	No	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	100-000000100

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Ryzen 5 4600HS is 36% better than Ryzen 7 5800U in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Ryzen 7 5800U has 2 more core than Ryzen 5 4600HS. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS is better: 3
The number of parameters for which AMD Ryzen 7 5800U is better: 30
However, it should be understood that the summary data that you have looked at here do not mean that taking them into account you should undividedly trust a simple comparison of these numbers. Better to watch the video tests and read the reviews of of people who bought AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS and AMD Ryzen 7 5800U before making a choice which processor to buy for gaming and which not.

• AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS specs and review.

• AMD Ryzen 7 5800U specs and review.