Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H vs Ryzen 5 4600H

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 4600H
2020
6 cores / 12 threads, 45 Watt
9.08
Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H
2022
8 cores / 16 threads, 45 Watt
14.71
+62%

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H outperforms Ryzen 5 4600H by an impressive 62% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 4600H and Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking849484
Place by popularity64not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)no data
Power efficiency19.1030.94
Architecture codenameRenoir-H (Zen 2) (2020)Rembrandt-H (Zen 3+) (2022)
Release date6 January 2020 (4 years ago)19 April 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 4600H and Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 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)
Threads1216
Base clock speed3 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz4.7 GHz
Multiplier30no data
L1 cache384 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache3 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache8 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm6 nm
Die size156 mm2208 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C95 °C
Number of transistors9800 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 4600H and Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 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
SocketFP6FP7
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 4600H and Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H. 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, SMEPRO, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 4600H and Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 4600H and Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
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)AMD Radeon 680M ( - 2200 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 4600H and Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

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
Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 14.71
+62%

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
Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 23361
+62%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Ryzen 5 4600H 1372
Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 1816
+32.4%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Ryzen 5 4600H 5107
Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 8483
+66.1%

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
Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 5791
+7.9%

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
Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 34412
+5.1%

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
Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 21
+31.2%

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
Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 2086
+46.4%

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
Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 205
+16.5%

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
Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 2.6
+27.5%

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
Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 9.1
+82%

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
Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 5263
+20.2%

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
Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 104
+25.6%

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
Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 222
+12.9%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 5 4600H 6080
Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 8472
+39.3%

Blender(-)

Ryzen 5 4600H 352
+45.8%
Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 242

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 5 4600H 1117
Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 1478
+32.3%

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 5 4600H 4397
Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 5417
+23.2%

7-Zip

Ryzen 5 4600H 37643
Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 54445
+44.6%

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 5 4600H 207
Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 232
+12.1%

CrossMark Overall

Ryzen 5 4600H 1061
Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 1407
+32.6%

Blender v3.3 Classroom CPU(-)

Ryzen 5 4600H 631
+34.4%
Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 470

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.08 14.71
Integrated graphics card 6.04 15.33
Recency 6 January 2020 19 April 2022
Physical cores 6 8
Threads 12 16
Chip lithography 7 nm 6 nm

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H has a 62% higher aggregate performance score, 153.8% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 2 years, 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 4600H in performance tests.


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