Intel Core i9-8950HK vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3350GE

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i9 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3000 Series 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

2473 points
2853 points
15% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3684 points
3878 points
5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2115 points
2493 points
17% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2044 points
2392 points
17% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
3.3 GHz
13% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
23% slightly higher turbo speed
3.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
35 W
28% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
Identical
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB
2 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
200% significantly more L3 cache
4 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

634th of 1,089
559th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i9
Ryzen 5 PRO 3000 Series Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May
2020 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i9-8950HK vs Ryzen 5 PRO 3350GE specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-8950HK is faster than the Ryzen 5 PRO 3350GE. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 PRO 3350GE in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-8950HK has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 PRO 3350GE. Indeed, the Core i9-8950HK has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 5 PRO 3350GE. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 PRO 3350GE. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 PRO 3350GE has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-8950HK. Despite this, the Core i9-8950HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 PRO 3350GE outputs less heat than Core i9-8950HK thanks to a slightly 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 3350GE has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-8950HK. Despite this, the Core i9-8950HK has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 PRO 3350GE.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-8950HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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