Intel Core i5-8279U vs AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2436 points

3147 points

29% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3645 points

4989 points

36% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2073 points

2595 points

25% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2006 points

2494 points

24% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

58.56 points

64.47 points

10% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3733 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3685 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1205 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1171 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz

2.80 GHz

16% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

4.3 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W

15 W

86% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

640th of 1,089

518th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i5

Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May

2022 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400

LPDDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-8279U vs Ryzen 5 7520U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-8279U beats the Ryzen 5 7520U in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7520U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 7520U has a slightly higher clock speed than 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.