AMD Ryzen 3 2200U vs Intel Core i7-8500Y

Ryzen 3 2200U vs Core i7-8500Y comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 3 2200U beats the Core i7-8500Y in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8500Y in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 2200U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8500Y. Despite this, the Core i7-8500Y has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-8500Y outputs less heat than Ryzen 3 2200U 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 Ryzen 3 2200U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.