Intel Core i5-8250U vs AMD Ryzen AI 5 340

Core i5-8250U vs Ryzen AI 5 340 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen AI 5 340 is faster than the Core i5-8250U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8250U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen AI 5 340 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i5-8250U has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8250U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen AI 5 340 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8250U. Also, the Ryzen AI 5 340 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8250U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen AI 5 340 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 AI 5 340 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-8250U. The Ryzen AI 5 340 also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-8250U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.