AMD Ryzen 5 4600U vs Intel Core i7-8700. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 4000U Intel Core i 8000
• Family
  Ryzen Intel Core i7
• Form Factor
  Laptops / Desktops -
• Generation
  3 8
• Predecessor
  - Intel Core i7-7700
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Series
  Ryzen 4000 Series -
• Successor
  - Intel Core i7-9700

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

• Base Frequency
  2.1 GHz 3.2 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  6 6
• CPU Threads
  12 12
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Max. Boost Clock
  4 GHz -
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4 GHz 4.6 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  3.6 GHz 4.3 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 12
• Execution units
  6 24
• Generation
  9 9.5
• GPU Frequency
  1500 MHz 350 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1150 MHz
• Graphics Cores
  6 -
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 64 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2020 Q4/2017
• Shader
  384 192
• Technology
  7 nm 14 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-8700 and AMD Ryzen 5 4600U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4 - Up to 3200 / LPDDR4 - Up to 4266 DDR4-2666
• PCIe
  PCIe 3.0 -
• PCIe lanes
  12 16
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 4600U and Intel Core i7-8700 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
  10-25 W -
• Default TDP
  15 W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  105 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 65 W
• TDP down
  10 W -
• TDP up
  25 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 4600U and Intel Core i7-8700, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Renoir (Zen 2) Coffee Lake S
• 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, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  3 MB -
• L3-Cache
  8 MB 12 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  100-000000105 -
• Operating systems
  Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit -
• Release date
  2020-01-06 Q4/2017
• Socket
  FP6 LGA 1151-2
• Technology
  TSMC 7nm FinFET 14 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d