AMD Ryzen 5 3500U vs Intel Core i5-8265U

Ryzen 5 3500U vs Core i5-8265U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 3500U is faster than the Core i5-8265U. Despite this, the Core i5-8265U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3500U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8265U. Despite this, the Core i5-8265U has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 3500U has more L2 cache than the Core i5-8265U. Despite this, the Core i5-8265U has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 3500U.

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. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.