AMD Ryzen 5 3500U vs Intel Core i7-8665U

Ryzen 5 3500U vs Core i7-8665U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 3500U performs better than the Core i7-8665U. Despite this, the Core i7-8665U 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. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 3500U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8665U. Despite this, the Core i7-8665U 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.

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