Intel Core i5-8279U vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U

Core i5-8279U vs Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 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 Core i5-8279U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U. Also, the Core i5-8279U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U outputs less heat than Core i5-8279U thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-8279U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.