AMD Ryzen 5 4600U | Review

Launched in January 2020, AMD Ryzen 5 4600U based on Renoir (Zen 2) microarchitecture, is a laptop-based processor for thin and light laptops. The AMD Ryzen 5 4600U has 6 cores and 12 threads with a base clock of 2.1 GHz and can be boosted to 4 GHz. The chip is based on the Zen 2 microarchitecture is manufactured on a 7 nm process by TSMC. The TDP of this Chip is specified by AMD to be at 15 Watts but can vary anywhere from 10 to 25 watts. The 6 core APU comes with integrated Vega 6 graphics and supports DDR4-3200 and Low power LPDDR4-4266 RAM. 

In terms of performance the AMD Ryzen 5 4600U is slightly faster than the 11th Gen Intel Core i7 1165G7. It can easily handle your day-to-day tasks such as Browsing, Streaming, and using office productivity software. Now, if your day-to-day workflow involves using video editing, photo editing, and CAD applications. Now, let’s have an in-depth look at where the AMD Ryzen 5 4600U stands when compared with its competition. Now the performance can vary based on the configured TDP and Cooling solutions.

How is AMD Ryzen 5 4600U in Gaming | Vega 6 graphics

The AMD Ryzen 5 4600U comes integrated with Vega 6 graphics has limited gaming potential but considering it is only an entry-level GPU and competes with the likes of Nvidia’s Mx230 and Mx150 in terms of performance.