Intel Core i5-8279U vs AMD Ryzen 5 3450U

Processor comparisons 18-01-2022

   You may have difficulties with the choice of a processor, you will solve them by reading the detailed tests Intel Core i5-8279U vs AMD Ryzen 5 3450U and decide which is better for games or simple use for streaming, machine learning, video editing, rendering, programming. Here is useful information from real video editing and streaming tests or various benchmarks. A thorough analysis of all the technical characteristics, so that it can be easier to understand, is summarized in the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of joint testing in special test applications such as Blender, RealBench, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), WPrime, Furmark, Prime95, VeraCrypt, AIDA64, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, PCMark 10, UserBenchmark, MATLAB, PassMark, Dolphin Emulator, Handbrake, DaVinci Resolve Studio, SuperPi, Gears 5, 7zip, GeekBench 6, 5.2, 3DMark, Blender.
   Gaming performance of CPUs in:

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

After reading the results of parallel benchmarks and videos, you already be able to understand which CPU is better to buy for gaming AMD Ryzen 5 3450U or Intel Core i5-8279U.

Summary benchmark results

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

Core i5-8279U

52%

Ryzen 5 3450U

52%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Core i5-8279U

52%

Ryzen 5 3450U

51%

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

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	92.2	90.9
Valorant	104.8	103.3
Cyberpunk 2077	58.7	57.9
Apex Legends	98.5	97.1
Call of Duty Warzone	78.6	77.5
Overwatch	84.9	83.7
Red Dead Redemption 2	72.3	71.3
DOOM Eternal	52.4	51.7
Warzone	81.7	80.6
Assassin's Creed	88.0	86.8
Valheim	87.0	85.7

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 computers participating in the comparing not only were the equipped with different video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, FullHD or 4K. So 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 compare it in one assembly with the video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Core i5-8279U

112%

Ryzen 5 3450U

176%

To make a finishing 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 3450U is more energy efficient than the Core i5-8279U since it has less power consumption: 28W vs. 15W. Power consumption is particularly important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, it will be useful to know its TDP. 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 rendering or video editing, programming, machine learning, streaming, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, the processor includes all threads and cores that it has to the maximum to reach maximum efficiency. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before you take into account the data from these tests, be sure to find out whether the program that you are going to use on your computer can work in multi-threaded mode. Because there are still many programs that use only one core to run, and all the benefit of multi-core mode are unused.

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

	Intel Core i5-8279U	AMD Ryzen 5 3450U
Cinbench 15 Single-core	171	128
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	782	675
Cinbench 20 Single-core	402	328
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	1702	1511
Cinbench 23 Single-core	1062	860
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	4160	4042

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

	Intel Core i5-8279U	AMD Ryzen 5 3450U
Single-Core	2225	2008
Multi-Core	7893	7359

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

	Intel Core i5-8279U	AMD Ryzen 5 3450U
Single-Core	943	796
Multi-Core	4136	2857

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most helpful will be the release date of the processor and the possibility of overclocking it. 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 benefits from the presence of overclocking. When the processor can be overclocked, thereby increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain 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!

	Intel Core i5-8279U	AMD Ryzen 5 3450U
Announcement date	July 07, 2019	October 01, 2020
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FCBGA1528	FP5
Core name	Coffee Lake	Matisse
Architecture	x86	Zen 2
Generation	8	2
Turbo Frequency	4.1 MHz	3.5 MHz
Frequency	2.4 MHz	2.1 MHz
Cores	4	4
Threads	8	8
Bus rate	4 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	12 nm
Transistors count	1900 millions	4200 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	28 W	15 W
Memory type	DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Max. Memory	32 Gb
Memory Frequency		2400
Memory bandwidth	37.5 GB/s
L1 cache		384KB
L2 cache		2MB
L3 cache	6 MB	4MB
Overclocking	No	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	Expansion Options	YM3450C4T4MFG

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Core i5-8279U is 12% better than Ryzen 5 3450U 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 Intel Core i5-8279U is better: 28
The number of parameters for which AMD Ryzen 5 3450U is better: 7
Although it should be understood that all the data in the article above do not mean that you should be guided entirely by them and trust a simple comparison of these figures. Better to watch the video tests and read the reviews of real owners of Intel Core i5-8279U and AMD Ryzen 5 3450U before making a choice which processor to buy for gaming and which not.

Intel Core i5-8279U - all data

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

• Intel Core i5-8279U specs and review.

• AMD Ryzen 5 3450U specs and review.