Ryzen 5 3550H vs Core i5-8400H benchmarks
In our benchmarks, the Core i5-8400H beats the Ryzen 5 3550H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3550H in all gaming tests too.
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 Core i5-8400H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 3550H. Also, the Core i5-8400H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3550H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-8400H CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 3550H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-8400H. Despite this, the Core i5-8400H has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 3550H.
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 3550H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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