AMD Ryzen 5 3500U vs Intel Core i5-8350U

Ryzen 5 3500U vs Core i5-8350U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 3500U beats the Core i5-8350U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8350U 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 5 3500U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8350U. Also, the Ryzen 5 3500U 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 3500U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-8350U. Despite this, the Core i5-8350U has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 3500U.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.