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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