AMD Ryzen 5 3550H vs Intel Core i9-8950HK

Ryzen 5 3550H vs Core i9-8950HK specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 3550H performs better than the Core i9-8950HK. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-8950HK in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-8950HK has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 3550H. Indeed, the Core i9-8950HK has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 5 3550H. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3550H. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-8950HK has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 3550H. Also, the Core i9-8950HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3550H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-8950HK 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 slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-8950HK. Despite this, the Core i9-8950HK has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 3550H.

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.