AMD Ryzen 5 3500U vs Intel Core i5-8250U – AMD comes narrowly ahead
This is a comparison between two Ultra-low voltage laptop processors. Actually, one of them is one of the most popular choices from recent years, both because of its brilliant performance per watt ratio and because it is cheaper than its Core i7-8550U counterpart. However, with the release of the latest Ryzen laptop CPUs, it should be quiet interesting to put them side by side.
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Specs overview
Let’s start with the Red company’s competitor – it features a 12nm manufacturing process and a 64-bit interface. It comprises four cores and eight threads, which is exactly the same amount of units as the Core i5-8250U. Speaking of which it is built on a 14nm FinFET architecture. It lacks behind the Ryzen 5 3500U in terms of the clock speeds with 2.10 GHz vs 1.60 GHz Base frequency and 3.70 GHz vs 3.40 GHz maximum Boost. On the other side, the Core i5-8250 is equipped with more Cache – 6MB vs 4MB. They are both able to support memory with a maximum speed of 2400 MHz.
On the GPU side, the Ryzen 5 3500U houses an AMD Radeon RX Vega 8, while the Core i5-8250U is equipped with an Intel UHD Graphics 620.
You can check out the full specs of the AMD Ryzen 5 3500U and the Intel Core i5-8250U.
Benchmarks
For the purpose of this test we’ve used two generations of the same device – the Lenovo Ideapad 530S and the Ideapad S540, respectively. This shows a minor difference in favor of the Ryzen 5 3500U.
Conclusion
As we saw, the superior processor in terms of pure power is the AMD Ryzen 5 3500U. Even though it was by a tiny margin, it was able to outperform the Core i5-8250U, which is already a well-optimized CPU.
All laptops equipped with the AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
All laptops equipped with the Intel Core i5-8250U
Author: Alex Iliev
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Which is better for autoCAD ryzen 5 3500u or intel i5 ?
Well, according to the synthetic benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 3500U should be the better choice. However, I would personally go for a six-core CPU if it’s in the budget – Core i7-8750H or Core i7-9750H. On the other hand, Core i7-8565U would be the better alternative for a ULV processor.
this was a bout between the Ryzen 5 3500u vs i5, no big boys allowed. 🙂
Fuck off all i7s are all the same you can just say get an i7
Well yes, but ACTUALLY NO!!!!!
I bought a ryzen 5 3500u laptop last day. It played 8k video with lot of stucks while it played well on i3.
Is there something that i have to do to improve its peformance like updates..
funny man…stick to intel..the best
I am sorry 8k ??!!!
8k?
Asus Vivobook book 15 x512FA i3 8th Gen 256GB SSD 4gbRam VS Asus Vivobook Ryzen 5 3500u x512DA 256gbSSD 4gb ?
Which is the best and Why?
The second, this ryzen CPU is more powerful
I GUESS THE RAYZEN 5 IS BETTER THAN THE I3 BCZ THE CLOCK IS ENOUGH FAST AND THE BOTING IS GREAT IN RAYZEN 5 …..BT IT ALL DEPENDS ON TYOU
Is core i5 is better than AMD ryzen 5 3500u
Which is better for programing Or coding
(hp probook 450 G6 i5 8th gen) vs ( asus D570Dd amd 5 3550H). which one is better…
Hp 14 AMD ryzen5 3500 and the HP Spectre 6500u i5vpro ..which one is better in graphics and video editing??
sir which is best reyzon 5 or i5