Intel Core i5-9300HF vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

Processor comparisons 17-03-2021

   You may have difficulties with the choice of a processor, you will solve them by reading the comprehensive tests Intel Core i5-9300HF vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500U and understand which is better for games or simple use for streaming, video editing, rendering, programming, machine learning. Here you can find all information from many benchmarks or real streaming and video editing tests. A thorough analysis of all the technical characteristics, so that it can be easier to understand, is made by the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint testing in special testing software like UserBenchmark, WPrime, AIDA64, Handbrake, DaVinci Resolve Studio, VeraCrypt, Prime95, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), GeekBench 6, 5.2, 3DMark, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, Dolphin Emulator, PassMark, Gears 5, PCMark 10, Blender, 7zip, Blender, MATLAB, Furmark, RealBench, SuperPi.
   Gaming performance of CPUs in:

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

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

Summary benchmark results

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

Core i5-9300HF

52%

Ryzen 5 3500U

52%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Core i5-9300HF

52%

Ryzen 5 3500U

51%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor at the moment. And it is clear that 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, just look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the final table below.
List of other games in which processors were compared: Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Battlefield V, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Metro Exodus, Hitman 3, NBA 2K20, Half-Life: Alyx, DOTA 2A, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Control, Ghostrunner, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Forza Horizon 4, Horizon Zero Dawn, League of Legends (LOL), Monster Hunter World.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	92.3	91.3
Valorant	104.9	103.7
Cyberpunk 2077	58.7	58.1
Apex Legends	98.6	97.5
Call of Duty Warzone	78.7	77.8
Overwatch	85.0	84.0
Red Dead Redemption 2	72.4	71.6
DOOM Eternal	52.5	51.9
Warzone	81.8	80.9
Assassin's Creed	88.1	87.1
Valheim	87.1	86.1

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 comparisons 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. Therefore, the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. You will get more accurate information about how powerful 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 i5-9300HF

81%

Ryzen 5 3500U

209%

To make a finishing resolution on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. It is clear that the newer the generation, the better the performance of the processor in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Ryzen 5 3500U is more energy efficient than the Core i5-9300HF since it has less power consumption: 45W vs. 15W. Power consumption is especially 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 plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for programming, streaming, machine learning, video rendering or video editing, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, the processor uses all cores and threads that it has to the maximum to achieve maximum performance. You will find out this data from the benchmark tables below. Before you take into account 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. Since there are still many programs that can use only one core to run, and all the benefit 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

	Intel Core i5-9300HF	AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
Cinbench 15 Single-core	156	141
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	593	620
Cinbench 20 Single-core	422	360
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	2111	1483
Cinbench 23 Single-core	1024	876
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	4015	3544

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

	Intel Core i5-9300HF	AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
Single-Core	2332	2014
Multi-Core	7619	7199

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

	Intel Core i5-9300HF	AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
Single-Core	1100	944
Multi-Core	4228	3231

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the processor release date and overclocking capability will be the most helpful. The later the processor is released, the longer it will last you. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system later. The same can be said about overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, increasing its performance, then it will still be able to produce maximum FPS in new games. It turns out that you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The economy are obvious!

	Intel Core i5-9300HF	AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
Announcement date	April 01, 2020	December 31, 1969
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FCBGA1440	FP5
Core name	Coffee Lake	Picasso
Architecture	x86	Zen+
Generation	9	2
Turbo Frequency	4.1 MHz	3.7 MHz
Frequency	2.4 MHz	2.1 MHz
Cores	4	4
Threads	8	8
Bus rate	8 GT/s DMI
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	12 nm
Transistors count	3600 millions	4200 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	45 W	15 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	8 MB	4MB
Overclocking	Yes	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number		YM3500C4T4MFG n/a

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Core i5-9300HF is 12% better than Ryzen 5 3500U 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 i5-9300HF is better: 29
The number of parameters for which AMD Ryzen 5 3500U is better: 7
However, it should be realized that all the figures that you have looked at here do not mean that you should be guided entirely by them and trust a simple quantitative comparison. Better to watch the testing video and read the opinion of of people who bought Intel Core i5-9300HF and AMD Ryzen 5 3500U before making a selection which processor to buy for gaming and which not.

• Intel Core i5-9300HF specs and review.

• AMD Ryzen 5 3500U specs and review.