AMD Ryzen 5 3550H vs Intel Core i5-8279U

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics 4 core CPU vs Intel 8th Generation Core i5 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2822 points

15% slightly better overall score

2436 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4389 points

20% slightly better gaming score

3645 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2350 points

13% slightly better multitasking score

2073 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2256 points

12% slightly better heavy workload score

2006 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

52.83 points

58.56 points

10% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2842 points

3618 points

27% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

947 points

1163 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2861 points

3733 points

30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

944 points

1205 points

27% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz

2.4 GHz

14% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

4.1 GHz

10% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

28 W

25% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

566th of 1,089

640th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics

8th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 January

2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 3550H vs Core i5-8279U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 3550H is faster than the Core i5-8279U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8279U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-8279U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 3550H. Also, the Core i5-8279U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-8279U outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 3550H thanks to a slightly 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 5 3550H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.