Ryzen 5 2600X vs Ryzen 5 4600H

Gaming speed, cores and clocks

The Ryzen 5 2600X and the Ryzen 5 4600H are within a few percent of each other for gaming. In a game, you will not see the difference.

The Ryzen 5 2600X has 6 cores and 12 threads, and the Ryzen 5 4600H has 6 cores and 12 threads. Core counts are the same, so cache size and clock speed decide the difference. Boost clocks are 4.25 GHz and 4 GHz.

Platform, power and price

The Ryzen 5 2600X uses the AM4 socket and the Ryzen 5 4600H uses BGA, so they need different motherboards, and often different memory. When you compare prices, count the board as well as the chip.

Rated power is 95 W for the first and 45 W for the second. That difference changes the cooler you need, and it shows up in heat and noise.

We do not have launch prices for both chips, so we cannot compare value.

Which graphics cards each one can feed, and which to buy

At 1080p the Ryzen 5 2600X can feed a card up to the Radeon RX 7600 XT before it holds the card back by more than 10 percent. The Ryzen 5 4600H reaches the Radeon RX 7600 XT. Both chips are in the same range for graphics card pairing.

Choose the Ryzen 5 2600X if you want the faster gaming chip and the same or more cores. Choose the Ryzen 5 4600H if you would rather spend the difference on a graphics card, which does more for frame rates in most games.