AMD Ryzen 5 4500U vs Intel Core i5-8279U

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 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

3472 points

42% slightly better overall score

2436 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5565 points

52% significantly better gaming score

3645 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2824 points

36% slightly better multitasking score

2073 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2709 points

35% slightly better heavy workload score

2006 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

69.25 points

18% slightly higher Blender score

58.56 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz

2.4 GHz

4% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

4.1 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

86% significantly lower TDP

28 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

487th of 1,089

640th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile

8th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 June

2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

DDR4-2400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 4500U vs Core i5-8279U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 4500U beats the Core i5-8279U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8279U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 4500U has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i5-8279U has 4 cores. Despite this, the Core i5-8279U has more threads than the Ryzen 5 4500U. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-8279U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 4500U. A Ryzen 5 4500U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-8279U CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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. For instance, the Ryzen 5 4500U has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.