Pentium Gold G7400 vs Ryzen 5 4600U

Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 4600U
2020
6 cores / 12 threads, 15 Watt
8.51
+99.8%
Pentium Gold G7400
2022
2 cores / 4 threads, 46 Watt
4.26

Ryzen 5 4600U outperforms Pentium Gold G7400 by a whopping 100% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 4600U and Pentium Gold G7400 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking8881369
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)no data
Power efficiency53.478.73
Architecture codenameRenoir-U (Zen 2) (2020−2021)Alder Lake-S (2022)
Release date6 January 2020 (4 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 4600U and Pentium Gold G7400 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads124
Base clock speed2.1 GHz3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz3.7 GHz
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache384 KB80K (per core)
L2 cache3 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache8 MB6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size156 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Number of transistors9800 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 4600U and Pentium Gold G7400 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
SocketFP6FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt46 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 4600U and Pentium Gold G7400. 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+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 4600U and Pentium Gold G7400 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 4600U and Pentium Gold G7400 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 4600U and Pentium Gold G7400. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size64 GB128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidth68.27 GB/s76.8 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)Intel UHD Graphics 710
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.35 GHz
Execution Unitsno data16

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 4600U and Pentium Gold G7400 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 5 4600U and Pentium Gold G7400 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2160 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 5 4600U and Pentium Gold G7400 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 4600U and Pentium Gold G7400.

PCIe version3.05.0 and 4.0
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 4600U 8.51
+99.8%
Pentium Gold G7400 4.26

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 4600U 13466
+99.9%
Pentium Gold G7400 6736

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 4600U 1336
Pentium Gold G7400 1981
+48.3%

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 4600U 4727
+13.6%
Pentium Gold G7400 4160

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.51 4.26
Integrated graphics card 6.04 2.85
Recency 6 January 2020 4 January 2022
Physical cores 6 2
Threads 12 4
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 46 Watt

Ryzen 5 4600U has a 99.8% higher aggregate performance score, 111.9% faster integrated GPU, 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and 206.7% lower power consumption.

Pentium Gold G7400, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year.

The Ryzen 5 4600U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold G7400 in performance tests.

Be aware that Ryzen 5 4600U is a notebook processor while Pentium Gold G7400 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 4600U and Pentium Gold G7400, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite CPU.


AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
Ryzen 5 4600U
Intel Pentium Gold G7400
Pentium Gold G7400

Similar processor comparisons

We picked several similar comparisons of processors in the same market segment and performance relatively close to those reviewed on this page.

Community ratings

Here you can see how users rate the processors, as well as rate them yourself.


4.1 123 votes

Rate Ryzen 5 4600U on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
4.2 267 votes

Rate Pentium Gold G7400 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about Ryzen 5 4600U or Pentium Gold G7400, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.