Intel Core i5 8279U vs AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core i5 8279U with 4 cores 2.4GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D with 16 cores 2.5GHz . 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
Better graphics card performance
Lower TDP (28W vs 75W)
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D 's Advantages
Released 5 years and 8 months late
Higher specification of memory (5600 vs 2400)
Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)
Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 2.4GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 6MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Intel Core i5 8279U
1085
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
+100%
2172
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Intel Core i5 8279U
4440
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
+738%
37246
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Core i5 8279U
1313
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
+141%
3166
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Core i5 8279U
4465
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
+344%
19845
General Parameters
May 2019
Release Date
Jan 2025
Intel
Manufacturer
Amd
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Coffee Lake
Core Architecture
Zen 5 (Fire Range)
i5-8279U
Processor Number
9955HX3D
BGA-1528
Socket
FL1
Iris Plus Graphics 655
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 610M
Package
14 nm
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
28 W
Power Consumption
55-75 W
-
Max Turbo Power Consumption
100 W
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
CPU Performance
4
Performance Cores
16
8
Performance Core Threads
32
2.4 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.5 GHz
4.1 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.4 GHz
4
Total Core Count
16
8
Total Thread Count
32
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
24x
Multiplier
25
32 K per core
L1 Cache
80 K per core
256 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
6 MB shared
L3 Cache
128 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Memory Parameters
DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Memory Types
DDR5-5600
32 GB
Max Memory Size
96 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
37.5 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
-
No
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
300 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
400 MHz
1150 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2200 MHz
384
Shader Units
128
48
Texture Units
8
6
Raster Operation Units
4
48
Execution Units
2
15 W
Power Consumption
15
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Max Resolution
-
0.81 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
0.6 TFLOPS
Miscellaneous
3.0
PCIe Version
5.0
16
PCIe Lanes
28
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Extended Instruction Set
-
