Ryzen 3 3200U vs Core i5-8279U benchmarks
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-8279U performs better than the Ryzen 3 3200U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 3200U in all gaming tests too.
With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-8279U has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Ryzen 3 3200U has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 3200U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 3200U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8279U. Despite this, the Core i5-8279U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 3200U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-8279U 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 Ryzen 3 3200U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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