Intel Core i5 8279U 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.4GHz vs 2.1GHz)
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U 's Advantages
Released 8 months late
Higher specification of memory (LPDDR4-4266 vs DDR4-2400)
Larger memory bandwidth (68.27GB/s vs 37.5GB/s)
Larger L3 cache size (8MB vs 6MB)
Lower TDP (10W vs 28W)