Intel Core i5-8350U vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 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

1943 points
3172 points
63% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3266 points
4936 points
51% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1565 points
2640 points
68% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1497 points
2535 points
69% significantly better heavy workload score

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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

1.7 GHz
3.5 GHz
105% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
3.7 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
333% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB
384 KiB
49% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
2 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB
16 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

728th of 1,089
515th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 August
2017 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-8350U vs Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 beats the Core i5-8350U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8350U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8350U. Also, the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8350U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-8350U. The Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.

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