AMD Ryzen 5 3500C vs Intel Core i5-9300H

Processor comparisons 23-03-2021

   Let's say you can't decide which processor to buy, you can make a decision after reading the comprehensive tests AMD Ryzen 5 3500C vs Intel Core i5-9300H and decide which is better for games or normal use for programming, streaming, video editing, rendering, machine learning. Here you can find useful information from various benchmarks or real video editing and streaming tests. A thorough analysis of all the technical characteristics, to make it easier to understand, is summarized in the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of joint testing in special testing software such as DaVinci Resolve Studio, Dolphin Emulator, Blender, Furmark, SuperPi, Prime95, VeraCrypt, GeekBench 6, 5.2, AIDA64, RealBench, UserBenchmark, 7zip, Gears 5, WPrime, PCMark 10, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, 3DMark, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), Handbrake, MATLAB, PassMark, Blender.
   Gaming performance of processors in:

Last Man Standing
Halo Infinite
Cyberpunk 2077
Grand Theft Auto V
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Valheim
Watch Dogs Legion
Rainbow Six Siege
Valorant
Apex Legends
Overwatch
Red Dead Redemption 2
Death Stranding
DOOM: Eternal
Borderlands 3
Fallout 76
Fortnite
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone

After looking at the data of joint benchmarks and videos, you can already make an briefed decision about which CPU is better to buy for gaming Intel Core i5-9300H or AMD Ryzen 5 3500C.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Ryzen 5 3500C

52%

Core i5-9300H

52%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Ryzen 5 3500C

51%

Core i5-9300H

52%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor at the moment. And of course, this is a server processor, on which no one will play games. Because the cost of this processor reaches several tens of thousands of dollars. And if it seems to you that the selected CPU has a small game result, look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the summary table below.
List of other games in which processors were compared: Horizon Zero Dawn, Forza Horizon 4, Metro Exodus, Hitman 3, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, NBA 2K20, DOTA 2A, Ghostrunner, Monster Hunter World, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, League of Legends (LOL), Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Control, Battlefield V, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Half-Life: Alyx, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG).

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	91.1	92.4
Valorant	103.5	105.0
Cyberpunk 2077	58.0	58.8
Apex Legends	97.3	98.7
Call of Duty Warzone	77.7	78.8
Overwatch	83.9	85.1
Red Dead Redemption 2	71.4	72.5
DOOM Eternal	51.8	52.5
Warzone	80.8	81.9
Assassin's Creed	87.0	88.2
Valheim	85.9	87.2

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The tested computers not only did they have different video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: FullHD, 2K or 4K. Therefore, the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. To be sure exactly how much performance the processor will be in games, if you get acquainted with the benchmarks that are made with the same video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Ryzen 5 3500C

195%

Core i5-9300H

78%

To make a final decision on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. The newer the processor generation, the better its performance in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Ryzen 5 3500C is more energy efficient than the Core i5-9300H as it consumes less power: 15W vs. 45W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. And TDP should be taken into account when choosing a processor cooling system. It is necessary to calculate so that the TDP data specified in the cooler specification is greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

If you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for video editing or video rendering, streaming, programming, machine learning, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to reach maximum efficiency, the processor includes all threads and cores that it has. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to find out whether the software that you are going to use on your computer can work in multi-threaded mode. Because there are still many programs that can use only one core to work, and all the advantages of multi-core mode turns out to be unnecessary.

Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	AMD Ryzen 5 3500C	Intel Core i5-9300H
Cinbench 15 Single-core	140	162
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	614	615
Cinbench 20 Single-core	356	422
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	1468	2111
Cinbench 23 Single-core	867	1062
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	3509	4161

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Ryzen 5 3500C	Intel Core i5-9300H
Single-Core	1994	2411
Multi-Core	7127	7895

GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Ryzen 5 3500C	Intel Core i5-9300H
Single-Core	881	1064
Multi-Core	3057	4347

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most useful will be the the possibility of overclocking it and release date of the processor. The later the processor is released, the longer it will last in your computer. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system in the future. The same can be said about overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, thereby increasing its performance, then it will still be able to produce maximum FPS in new games. Accordingly, you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The savings are obvious!

	AMD Ryzen 5 3500C	Intel Core i5-9300H
Announcement date	September 22, 2020	April 01, 2019
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FP5	FCBGA1440
Core name	Picasso	Coffee Lake
Architecture	Zen+	x86
Generation	2	9
Turbo Frequency	3.7 MHz	4.1 MHz
Frequency	2.1 MHz	2.4 MHz
Cores	4	4
Threads	8	8
Bus rate		8 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	12 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	4200 millions	3600 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	15 W	45 W
Memory type		DDR4-2666, LPDDR3-2133
Max. Memory		128 Gb
Memory Frequency	2400
Memory bandwidth		41.8 GB/s
L1 cache	384KB
L2 cache	2MB
L3 cache	4MB	8 MB
Overclocking	No	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	YM350CC4T4MFG

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Core i5-9300H is 12% better than Ryzen 5 3500C in terms of CPU frequency. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which AMD Ryzen 5 3500C is better: 7
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i5-9300H is better: 28
Although it should be understood that all the figures in the table above do not mean that taking them into account you should entirely trust a simple quantitative comparison. Be sure to watch benchmarks video and read the reviews of of people who bought AMD Ryzen 5 3500C and Intel Core i5-9300H before making a choice which of the CPUs to buy for gaming.

AMD Ryzen 5 3500C - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• AMD Ryzen 5 3500C specs and review.

• Intel Core i5-9300H specs and review.