AMD Ryzen 5 3500U vs Intel Core i9 8950HK
We compared two laptop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 3500U with 4 cores 2.1GHz and Intel Core i9 8950HK with 6 cores 2.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U 's Advantages
Released 9 months late
Better graphics card performance
More modern manufacturing process (12nm vs 14nm)
Lower TDP (35W vs 45W)
Intel Core i9 8950HK 's Advantages
Higher specification of memory (2666 vs 2400)
Larger memory bandwidth (41.8GB/s vs 35.76GB/s)
Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2.1GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (12MB vs 4MB)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
765
Intel Core i9 8950HK
+55%
1190
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
2752
Intel Core i9 8950HK
+151%
6912
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
920
Intel Core i9 8950HK
+31%
1208
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
2547
Intel Core i9 8950HK
+94%
4960
Blender
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
49
Intel Core i9 8950HK
+104%
100
Geekbench 5 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
550
Intel Core i9 8950HK
+93%
1063
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
2859
Intel Core i9 8950HK
+84%
5262
Passmark CPU Single Core
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
1954
Intel Core i9 8950HK
+25%
2460
Passmark CPU Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
6987
Intel Core i9 8950HK
+52%
10680
General Parameters
Jan 2019
Release Date
Apr 2018
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Picasso
Core Architecture
Coffee Lake
-
Processor Number
i9-8950HK
FP5
Socket
BGA-1440
Radeon Vega 8
Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics 630
Package
4.9 billions
Transistor Count
-
12 nm
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
12-35 W
Power Consumption
45 W
105 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
CPU Performance
4
Performance Cores
6
8
Performance Core Threads
12
2.1 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.9 GHz
3.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.8 GHz
4
Total Core Count
6
8
Total Thread Count
12
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
-
21x
Multiplier
37x
96 K per core
L1 Cache
64 K per core
512 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
4 MB shared
L3 Cache
12 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Memory Parameters
DDR4-2400
Memory Types
DDR4-2666, LPDDR3-2133
32 GB
Max Memory Size
64 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
35.76 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
41.8 GB/s
Yes
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
300 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
350 MHz
1200 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1200 MHz
512
Shader Units
192
32
Texture Units
24
8
Raster Operation Units
3
8
Execution Units
24
65 W
Power Consumption
15 W
3840x2160 - 60 Hz
Max Resolution
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
1.13 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
0.38 TFLOPS
Miscellaneous
3.0
PCIe Version
3.0
12
PCIe Lanes
16
-
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
