AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs Intel Core i9 8950HK
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Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 5500, vs Intel Core i9 8950HK. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device
Review
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonBenchmarks
| Integer Math | 65.2 GOps/s | 37.1 GOps/s |
| Floating-Point Math | 36.8 GOps/s | 22.2 GOps/s |
| Prime Number Search | 57 M primes/s | 34 M primes/s |
| Random String Sort | 24.7 M strings/s | 18.8 M strings/s |
| Data Encryption | 14.9 GB/s | 3.8 GB/s |
| Data Compression | 245.5 MB/s | 143.6 MB/s |
| Physics | 898 frames/s | 720 frames/s |
| Extended Instructions | 172 M matrices/s | 82 M matrices/s |
| File Compression | 819.4 MB/s | 380.2 MB/s |
| Clang Compilation | 61.3 KLines/s | 41.9 KLines/s |
| HTML5 Browser | 147.3 pages/s | 122.9 pages/s |
| PDF Rendering | 233.2 MP/sec | 175.9 MP/sec |
| Text Processing | 191.9 pages/s | 141.2 pages/s |
| Background Blur | 40.4 frames/s | 28.8 frames/s |
| Photo Processing | 61.4 frames/s | 48.4 frames/s |
| Ray Tracing | 15.4 MP/sec | 9 MP/sec |
Blender
Performance/Watt
| Geekbench 6 Multi / W | 126.5 PPW | 122 PPW |
| PassMark CPU / W | 297.6 PPW | 231.1 PPW |
| Cinebench 2024 / W | 8.4 PPW | n/a |
| Blender / W | 2.21 PPW | 1.91 PPW |
General Info
| Manufacturer | AMD | Intel |
| Announced | March, 15, 2022 | April, 3, 2018 |
| Type | PC use | Laptop use |
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Zen 3 (Cezanne) | Coffee Lake |
| Model number | n/a | i9-8950HK |
| Integrated GPU | No | UHD Graphics 630 |
Processor
| Cores | 6 | 6 |
| Threads | 12 | 12 |
| Frequency | 3.6 GHz | 2.9 GHz |
| Max Frequency (Turbo) | 4.2 GHz | 4.8 GHz |
| Cores count | 6 | 6 |
| Threads count | 12 | 12 |
| Bus frequency | 100 MHz | n/a |
| Bandwidth | n/a | 8 GT/s |
| Multiplier | 36x | 37x |
| L1 cache | 64 KB/core | 64 KB/core |
| L2 cache | 512 KB/core | 256 KB/core |
| L3 Cache | 16 MB total | 12 MB total |
| Unlocked multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Package
| Process tech. | 7 nm | 14 nm |
| Power (TDP) | 65 W | 45 W |
| Socket | AM4 | BGA-1440 |
| Critical temp. | 90 °C | 100 °C |
Memory Support
| Memory Type | DDR4-3200 | - DDR4-2666 - LPDDR3-2133 |
| Max Size | 128 GB | 64 GB |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC support | No | No |
| Max memory bandwidth | 47.68 GB | 41.8 GB |
Other
| PCIe Version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Max PCIe Lanes | 24 | 16 |
| Channels | n/a | 41422 |
Results
After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 5 5500 the clear winner in this comparison.
Survey
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