Intel Core i5-8279U vs AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2200G

Core i5-8279U vs Ryzen 3 PRO 2200G benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 3 PRO 2200G beats the Core i5-8279U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8279U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i5-8279U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 3 PRO 2200G has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8279U.

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 i5-8279U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.