AMD Ryzen 5 4600G vs Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 4000G Intel Xeon E5 v2
• Family
  Ryzen Intel Xeon E5
• Form Factor
  Desktops / Boxed Processor -
• Generation
  3 4
• Predecessor
  AMD Ryzen 5 3400G -
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Series
  Ryzen 4000 Series -
• Successor
  AMD Ryzen 5 5600G Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.7 GHz 2.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  6 10
• CPU Threads
  12 20
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Max. Boost Clock
  4.2 GHz -
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.2 GHz 3.3 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  4.2 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (10 Cores)
  - 2.9 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 -
• Execution units
  7 -
• Generation
  9 -
• GPU Frequency
  1900 MHz -
• GPU name
  Radeon Graphics no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Graphics Cores
  7 -
• Max. displays
  3 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB -
• Release date
  Q1/2020 -
• Shader
  448 -
• Technology
  7 nm -

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 and AMD Ryzen 5 4600G. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  32 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 4
• Memory type
  DDR4 DDR3-1866
• PCIe
  PCIe 3.0 -
• PCIe lanes
  12 40
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0
• System Memory Specification
  3200 -

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 4600G and Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Configurable TDP
  45-65 W -
• Default TDP
  65 W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  95 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 115 W
• TDP down
  45 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 4600G and Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Renoir (Zen 2) Ivy Bridge EP
• Codename
  Renoir -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L1-Cache
  0.375 MB -
• L2-Cache
  3 MB -
• L3-Cache
  8 MB 25 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  100-100000147BOX -
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  100-000000147 -
• Operating systems
  Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit -
• Release date
  2020-07-21 Q3/2013
• Socket
  AM4 LGA 2011
• Technology
  TSMC 7nm FinFET 22 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d