AMD Ryzen 3 5300U vs Intel Core i5-9500T

Ryzen 3 5300U vs Core i5-9500T specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 3 5300U is faster than the Core i5-9500T. Despite this, the Core i5-9500T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-9500T has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Ryzen 3 5300U has 4 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 5300U has more threads than the Core i5-9500T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 5300U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-9500T. Also, the Ryzen 3 5300U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 5300U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-9500T 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 5300U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.