AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs Intel Core i3-4170. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD Ryzen Intel Core i3
• Generation
  4 4
• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 5000G Intel Core i 4000
• Predecessor
  AMD Ryzen 5 4600G --

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  3.90 GHz 3.70 GHz
• CPU Cores
  6 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.40 GHz No turbo
• CPU Threads
  12 4
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

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

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon 7 Graphics (Renoir) Intel HD Graphics 4400
• GPU frequency
  1.90 GHz 0.35 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.15 GHz
• Execution units
  7 20
• Shader
  448 160
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 2 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  9 7.5
• DirectX Version
  12 11.1
• Technology
  7 nm 22 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2020 Q2/2013

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-4170 and AMD Ryzen 5 5600G. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200 DDR3-1333DDR3-1600DDR3L-1333 SO-DIMMDDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 32 GB
• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  24 16

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 5600G and Intel Core i3-4170 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  65 W 54 W
• TDP down
  45 W --
• Tjunction max.
  95 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 5600G and AMD Ryzen 5 5600G, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  3.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  16.00 MB 3.00 MB
• Architecture
  Cezanne (Zen 3) Haswell S
• Technology
  7 nm 22 nm
• Socket
  AM4 LGA 1150
• Release date
  Q2/2021 Q1/2015