AMD Ryzen 5 4600U vs Intel Core i7-8700K

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket FP6 Intel Socket 1151
Foundry TSMC Intel
Process size 7 nm 14 nm
Transistors 9,800 million unknown
Die size 156 mm² 154 mm²
Package FC-LGA1151
tJMax 105°C
tCaseMax 72°C

Performance

Frequency 2.1 GHz 3.7 GHz
Turbo clock up to 4 GHz up to 4.7 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 21.0x 37.0x
Multiplier unlocked No Yes
TDP 25 W 95 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Mobile Desktop
Production status Active Active
Release date Jan 6th, 2020 Oct 5th, 2017
Codename Renoir Coffee Lake
Generation Ryzen 5 Core i7
Part unknown SR3QR
Memory support DDR4-4266 MHz Dual-channel DDR4-2666 MHz Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 3 Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Cores

Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 12 12
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics Radeon RX Vega 6 UHD Graphics 630

Cache

Cache L1 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 512K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 11MB (shared) 12MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

AES Yes
AES-NI Yes
AMD-V Yes
AMD64 Yes
AVX Yes Yes
AVX2 Yes Yes
BMI1 Yes Yes
BMI2 Yes Yes
Boost 2.0 Yes
CLMUL Yes
EIST Yes
EVP Yes
F16C Yes Yes
FMA3 Yes Yes
HTT Yes
Intel 64 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
Precision Boost 2 Yes
SHA Yes
SMAP Yes
SMEP Yes
SMT Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4.2 Yes Yes
SSE4A Yes
SSSE3 Yes Yes
TSX Yes
TXT Yes
VT-d Yes
VT-x Yes
XD bit Yes

Notes

Notes This processor comes with an unlocked BCLK multiplier, allowing users to set the multiplier value higher than shipped value, to facilitate better overclocking.

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