Intel Core i5-8279U vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3000 Series Desktop 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
3871 points
58% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3645 points
5312 points
45% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2073 points
3476 points
67% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2006 points
3483 points
73% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

58.56 points
9% slightly higher Blender score
53.55 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
3.8 GHz
58% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W
132% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

640th of 1,089
447th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 5 PRO 3000 Series Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May
2020 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i5-8279U vs Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G performs better than the Core i5-8279U. 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 and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8279U.

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

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