AMD Ryzen 3 2200G vs Intel Core i5-8279U

Ryzen 3 2200G vs Core i5-8279U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 3 2200G beats the Core i5-8279U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8279U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i5-8279U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 2200G has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8279U. Despite this, the Core i5-8279U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-8279U outputs less heat than Ryzen 3 2200G thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Ryzen 3 2200G has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.