Intel Core i5-8250U vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

Core i5-8250U vs Ryzen 9 5900HX benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 5900HX performs better than the Core i5-8250U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8250U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 5900HX has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-8250U that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8250U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 5900HX has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8250U. Also, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8250U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 5900HX CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-8250U. The Ryzen 9 5900HX also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-8250U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.