Intel Core i5-8279U vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5000 Series Mobile 6 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
4208 points
72% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3645 points
6127 points
68% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2073 points
3638 points
75% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2006 points
3518 points
75% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

58.56 points
94.21 points
60% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3733 points
5599 points
49% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1205 points
1594 points
32% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
4% slightly higher clock speed
2.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
4.2 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W
15 W
86% significantly lower TDP

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

640th of 1,089
420th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 5 PRO 5000 Series Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May
2021 March

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 5650U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-8279U performs better than the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i5-8279U has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8279U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-8279U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 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.

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.

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