AMD Ryzen 5 3550H vs Intel Core i5-9500T

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics 4 core CPU vs Intel 9th Generation Core i5 6 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
3104 points
9% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4389 points
5158 points
17% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2350 points
2485 points
5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2256 points
2385 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

52.83 points
53.77 points
1% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2842 points
4181 points
47% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

947 points
1210 points
27% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2861 points
4238 points
48% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

944 points
1248 points
32% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
33% slightly more threads
6

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
2.2 GHz
4% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz
Identical
3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
Identical
35 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

566th of 1,089
524th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics
9th 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

-
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 3550H vs Core i5-9500T benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-9500T 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-9500T has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 3550H has 4 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3550H has more threads than the Core i5-9500T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-9500T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 3550H. In addition, both chips have the same 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 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 3550H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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