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. Despite this, the Core i5-8279U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8279U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 3 PRO 2200G CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.