Intel Core i5 8279U vs AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2019
Jun 2025
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Coffee Lake
Zen 5 (Strix Point)
Processor Number
i5-8279U
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Integrated Graphics
Iris Plus Graphics 655
Radeon 890M
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
4 nm
Socket
BGA-1528
FP8
Power Consumption
28 W
15-35 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
3
Performance Core Threads
8
6
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
2.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.1 GHz
5 GHz
Total Core Count
4
8
Total Thread Count
8
16
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
24x
20
L1 Cache
32 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
6 MB shared
16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Efficiency Cores
-
5
Efficiency Core Threads
-
10
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
2.0 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
-
3.3 GHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
DDR5-5600,LPDDR5X-8000
Max Memory Size
32 GB
-
Max Memory Channels
2
-
Max Memory Bandwidth
37.5 GB/s
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ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1150 MHz
2900 MHz
Shader Units
384
1024
Texture Units
48
64
Raster Operation Units
6
40
Execution Units
48
16
Power Consumption
15 W
15
Max Resolution
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
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Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,085
1,953
Cinebench R23
4,440
14,572
Geekbench 6
1,313
2,753
Geekbench 5
951
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Geekbench 6
4,465
11,860
Geekbench 5
3,929
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Blender
59
-
Passmark CPU
2,365
4,074
Passmark CPU
7,732
24,157
Cinebench 2024
-
113
Cinebench 2024
-
791