Intel Core i5-8350U vs AMD A4-5300

Core i5-8350U vs A4-5300 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-8350U performs better than the A4-5300. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A4-5300 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-8350U has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the A4-5300 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the A4-5300. A Core i5-8350U CPU outputs less heat than a A4-5300 CPU because of its 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 i5-8350U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.