Intel Core i5 8279U vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2019
Jan 2021
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Coffee Lake
Vermeer
Processor Number
i5-8279U
-
Integrated Graphics
Iris Plus Graphics 655
N/A
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
7 nm
Socket
BGA-1528
AM4
Power Consumption
28 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
95 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
12
Performance Core Threads
8
24
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
3.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.1 GHz
4.7 GHz
Total Core Count
4
12
Total Thread Count
8
24
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
24x
30x
L1 Cache
32 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
512 K per core
L3 Cache
6 MB shared
32 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
32 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
37.5 GB/s
51.2 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
-
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
-
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1150 MHz
-
Shader Units
384
-
Texture Units
48
-
Raster Operation Units
6
-
Execution Units
48
-
Power Consumption
15 W
-
Max Resolution
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
-
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,085
1,584
Cinebench R23
4,440
20,887
Geekbench 6
1,313
2,080
Geekbench 5
951
1,715
Geekbench 6
4,465
9,774
Geekbench 5
3,929
13,017
Blender
59
282
Passmark CPU
2,365
3,447
Passmark CPU
7,732
34,510