i3-N305 vs Ryzen 5 4600H

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 4600H
2020
6 cores / 12 threads, 45 Watt
9.08
+44.6%
Core i3-N305
2023
8 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
6.28

Ryzen 5 4600H outperforms Core i3-N305 by a considerable 45% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 4600H and Core i3-N305 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking8491074
Place by popularity6478
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)no data
Power efficiency19.0839.60
Architecture codenameRenoir-H (Zen 2) (2020)Alder Lake-N (2023)
Release date6 January 2020 (4 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$309

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 4600H and Core i3-N305 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores6 (Hexa-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads128
Base clock speed3 GHz0.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz3.8 GHz
Multiplier30no data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)96 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)2 MB (per module)
L3 cache8 MB (shared)6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size156 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °C105 °C
Number of transistors9,800 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 4600H and Core i3-N305 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketFP6FCBGA1264
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 4600H and Core i3-N305. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Thermal Monitoring-+
GPIOno data+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 4600H and Core i3-N305 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 4600H and Core i3-N305 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 4600H and Core i3-N305. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory size64 GB16 GB
Max memory channelsno data1
Maximum memory bandwidth68.27 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1500 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.25 GHz
Execution Unitsno data32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 4600H and Core i3-N305 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 5 4600H and Core i3-N305 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096 x 2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 5 4600H and Core i3-N305 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 4600H and Core i3-N305.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data9
USB revisionno data2.0/3.2

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 5 4600H 9.08
+44.6%
i3-N305 6.28

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Ryzen 5 4600H 14417
+44.5%
i3-N305 9980

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Ryzen 5 4600H 5365
i3-N305 5651
+5.3%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Ryzen 5 4600H 32756
+25.2%
i3-N305 26169

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Ryzen 5 4600H 16
+43.4%
i3-N305 11

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Ryzen 5 4600H 1425
+71.9%
i3-N305 829

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 5 4600H 176
+6.9%
i3-N305 165

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 5 4600H 2.04
i3-N305 2.05
+0.5%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Ryzen 5 4600H 5
i3-N305 5.5
+10%

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Ryzen 5 4600H 4380
+29.7%
i3-N305 3377

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Ryzen 5 4600H 83
+48.3%
i3-N305 56

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Ryzen 5 4600H 197
i3-N305 203
+2.8%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 5 4600H 6080
+30.9%
i3-N305 4644

Blender(-)

Ryzen 5 4600H 352
i3-N305 589
+67.3%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 5 4600H 1117
+4.3%
i3-N305 1071

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 5 4600H 4397
+7.1%
i3-N305 4105

7-Zip

Ryzen 5 4600H 37643
+77.2%
i3-N305 21239

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 5 4600H 207
+11.7%
i3-N305 185

CrossMark Overall

Ryzen 5 4600H 1061
+20.4%
i3-N305 881

Blender v3.3 Classroom CPU(-)

Ryzen 5 4600H 631
i3-N305 1199
+89.9%

Geekbench 6.3 Multi-Core

Ryzen 5 4600H 6631
+40.3%
i3-N305 4727

Geekbench 6.3 Single-Core

Ryzen 5 4600H 1525
+15.7%
i3-N305 1318

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.08 6.28
Integrated graphics card 6.04 5.58
Recency 6 January 2020 3 January 2023
Physical cores 6 8
Threads 12 8
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 5 4600H has a 44.6% higher aggregate performance score, 8.2% faster integrated GPU, and 50% more threads.

i3-N305, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, 33.3% more physical cores, and 200% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 4600H is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i3-N305 in performance tests.


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