Intel Core i5 8279U vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8500GE
We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core i5 8279U with 4 cores 2.4GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8500GE with 6 cores 3.4GHz . 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
Integrated graphics card
Lower TDP (28W vs 35W)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8500GE 's Advantages
Released 4 years and 11 months late
Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 2400)
Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3.0)
Higher base frequency (3.4GHz vs 2.4GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 6MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Core i5 8279U
1313
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8500GE
+99%
2623
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Core i5 8279U
4465
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8500GE
+92%
8614
General Parameters
May 2019
Release Date
Apr 2024
Intel
Manufacturer
AMD
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
-
Coffee Lake
Core Architecture
Phoenix2
i5-8279U
Processor Number
-
BGA-1528
Socket
AMD Socket AM5
Iris Plus Graphics 655
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 740M
-
Generation
Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Phoenix))
Package
-
Transistor Count
20.9 billions
14 nm
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
28 W
Power Consumption
35 W
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
95°C
-
Foundry
TSMC
-
Die Size
137 mm²
CPU Performance
4
Performance Cores
-
8
Performance Core Threads
-
2.4 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.4 GHz
4.1 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5 GHz
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
3.1 GHz
-
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.7 GHz
4
Total Core Count
6
8
Total Thread Count
12
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
24x
Multiplier
34.0
32 K per core
L1 Cache
64 KB per core
256 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
6 MB shared
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
-
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Memory Types
DDR5-5200
32 GB
Max Memory Size
-
2
Max Memory Channels
2
37.5 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
-
No
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
-
300 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
-
1150 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
-
384
Shader Units
-
48
Texture Units
-
6
Raster Operation Units
-
48
Execution Units
-
15 W
Power Consumption
-
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Max Resolution
-
0.81 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
-
Miscellaneous
3.0
PCIe Version
4
16
PCIe Lanes
14
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Extended Instruction Set
-
