Compare AMD Ryzen 9 5900H Vs Intel Core i5 8279U

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Should you use AMD Ryzen 9 5900H or Intel Core i5 8279U? Well, your search ends here. Find out which Laptop chipset would work best for you. Compare the two models on the basis of their Performance, memory, IGPU and benchmark scores. AMD Ryzen 9 5900H is manufactured by AMD in India whereas Intel Core i5 8279U is manufactured by Intel in India. Base frequency and memory size are the primary matrices to judge the overall speed and performance of the chipset. AMD Ryzen 9 5900H has a Base frequency of 3.3 GHz and 64 GB memory size whereas Intel Core i5 8279U has a base frequency of 2.4 GHz and 32 GB memory.

Check detailed comparison below to compare specification for both models. Don't forget to check out expert opinion as well.

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AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
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Intel Core i5 8279U
Power
Fabrication process 7 nm14 nm
TDP 45 W28 W
Max. temperature 105°C100°C

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  • AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

General
Vendor AMDIntel
Released January 1, 2021May 21, 2019
Type LaptopLaptop
instruction set x86-64x86-64
Codename CezanneCoffee Lake
Socket FP6BGA-1528
Integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 8 Iris Plus Graphics 655
Performance
Cores 84
Threads 168
Base Frequency 3.3 GHz2.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 4.6 GHz4.1 GHz
Bus frequency 100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier 33x24x
L1 Cache 64K (per core)32K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core)256K (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared)6MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier NoNo
IGPU
Integrated Graphics Radeon RX Vega 8Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
GPU Boost Clock 1750 MHz1150 MHz
Shading Units 512384
TMUs 3248
ROPs 86
TGP 15 W15 W
Memory
Memory types DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Memory Size 64 GB32 GB
Max. Memory Channels 22
Max. Memory Bandwidth 68.27 GB/s37.5 GB/s
ECC Support YesNo
Misc
PCI Express Version 3.03.0
PCI Express Lanes 1616
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core) 14651080
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core) 127804426
Passmark CPU (Single-Core) 33092492
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core) 207578113
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core) 1510963
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core) 85683987

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Detailed Comparison of AMD Ryzen 9 5900H vs Intel Core i5 8279U

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H has been announced on January 2021 whereas Intel Core i5 8279U has been announced on May 2019. Check out detailed comparison with key specs below:

Passmark Score: AMD Ryzen 9 5900H vs Intel Core i5 8279U

Passmark Score consists of 4 parameters: CPU, GPU, MEM, and UX. The Passmark score measures the performance of the CPU. Passmark score is that measures a processor's single core performance and evaluates multi core performance. The Passmark score value of AMD Ryzen 9 5900H is 20757 whereas Passmark score value of Intel Core i5 8279U is 8113.

Memory Comparison: AMD Ryzen 9 5900H vs Intel Core i5 8279U

Coming to the Memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900H has a memory size of 64 GB while Intel Core i5 8279U comes up with 32 GB. Max. Memory Channels used in the first compared laptop chipset is 2 and Max. Memory Channels used in the other laptop chipset 2.

Performance Comparison: AMD Ryzen 9 5900H vs Intel Core i5 8279U

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H has 8 cores with 16 threads whereas Intel Core i5 8279U has 4 cores with 16 threads. AMD Ryzen 9 5900H has base frequency of 3.3 GHz whereas Intel Core i5 8279Uhas base frequency of 2.4 GHz.

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Q. Which model has higher Geekbench 5 (multi-core) score - AMD Ryzen 9 5900H or Intel Core i5 8279U?

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H has higher Geekbench 5 score with total score of 8568 compare to Intel Core i5 8279U with a score of 3987.

Q. Which model has higher Passmark CPU (multi-core) score - AMD Ryzen 9 5900H or Intel Core i5 8279U?

Intel Core i5 8279U has higher Passmark CPU score with total score of 8113 compare to AMD Ryzen 9 5900H with a score of 20757.

Q. Which model has higher base frequency among AMD Ryzen 9 5900H and Intel Core i5 8279U?

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H has a higher base frequency of 3.3 GHz compared to Intel Core i5 8279U with 2.4 GHz base frequency.

Q. AMD Ryzen 9 5900H vs Intel Core i5 8279U, which model has higher bandwidth?

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H with 68.27 GB/s bandwidth is better than Intel Core i5 8279U with 37.5 GB/s bandwidth.

Q. Which model has higher number of cores - AMD Ryzen 9 5900H or Intel Core i5 8279U?

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H has 8 cores which is higher than Intel Core i5 8279U that has 4 cores.

Q. What are some of the best laptops having - AMD Ryzen 9 5900H in the market?

Best laptops having AMD Ryzen 9 5900H are Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 SE GX551QS-XS99 Laptop (AMD Ryzen 9/ 16GB/ 1TB SSD/ Win10 Home/ 8GB Graph), Asus ROG Zephyrus G15 GA503QE-HQ075TS Gaming Laptop (Ryzen 9 5900HS/ 16GB/ 1TB SSD/ Win10 Home/ 4GB Graph), Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 GA401QM-K2268TS Laptop.

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