Intel Core i5 8279U vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core i5 8279U with 4 cores 2.4GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 5600U with 6 cores 2.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Intel Core i5 8279U 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.4GHz vs 2.3GHz)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U 's Advantages
Released 1 years and 8 months late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (4266 vs 2400)
Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 37.5GB/s)
Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 6MB)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)
Lower TDP (25W vs 28W)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Intel Core i5 8279U
1085
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
+25%
1359
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Intel Core i5 8279U
4440
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
+69%
7510
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Core i5 8279U
1313
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
+30%
1712
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Core i5 8279U
4465
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
+42%
6350
Blender
Intel Core i5 8279U
59
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
+76%
104
Geekbench 5 Single Core
Intel Core i5 8279U
951
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
+46%
1390
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
Intel Core i5 8279U
3929
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
+40%
5506
Passmark CPU Single Core
Intel Core i5 8279U
2365
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
+22%
2902
Passmark CPU Multi Core
Intel Core i5 8279U
7732
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
+98%
15340
General Parameters
May 2019
Release Date
Jan 2021
Intel
Manufacturer
AMD
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Coffee Lake
Core Architecture
Cezanne
i5-8279U
Processor Number
-
BGA-1528
Socket
FP6
Iris Plus Graphics 655
Integrated Graphics
Radeon RX Vega 7
Package
14 nm
Manufacturing Process
7 nm
28 W
Power Consumption
10-25 W
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
105 °C
CPU Performance
4
Performance Cores
6
8
Performance Core Threads
12
2.4 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.3 GHz
4.1 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.2 GHz
4
Total Core Count
6
8
Total Thread Count
12
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
24x
Multiplier
23x
32 K per core
L1 Cache
64 K per core
256 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
6 MB shared
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Memory Parameters
DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Memory Types
DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266
32 GB
Max Memory Size
32 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
37.5 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
51.2 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
300 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
1150 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1800 MHz
384
Shader Units
448
48
Texture Units
28
6
Raster Operation Units
7
48
Execution Units
-
15 W
Power Consumption
10-45 W
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Max Resolution
-
0.81 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
1.108 TFLOPS
Miscellaneous
3.0
PCIe Version
3.0
16
PCIe Lanes
12
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Extended Instruction Set
-
