Intel Core i5 8350U vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core i5 8350U, vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core i5 8350U and AMD Ryzen 5 2600
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
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 8350U
802
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
1012
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 8350U
2486
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
7089
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 8350U
57
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
56
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 8350U
176
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
328
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 8350U
2002
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
2241
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 8350U
6140
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
13174
Integer Math22.3 GOps/s44.6 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math13.5 GOps/s23 GOps/s
Prime Number Search19 M primes/s37 M primes/s
Random String Sort10.7 M strings/s21.6 M strings/s
Data Encryption2.1 GB/s12.5 GB/s
Data Compression80 MB/s187.2 MB/s
Physics428 frames/s675 frames/s
Extended Instructions52 M matrices/s72 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 8350U
1243
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
1162
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 8350U
3424
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
5239
File Compression208.7 MB/s582.9 MB/s
Clang Compilation26.1 KLines/s39.8 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser71.4 pages/s134.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering110.3 MP/sec160.4 MP/sec
Text Processing121.6 pages/s102.9 pages/s
Background Blur19.4 frames/s22.9 frames/s
Photo Processing28.3 frames/s48 frames/s
Ray Tracing5.69 MP/sec8.95 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Intel Core i5 8350U
41.58
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
107.32

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 228.3 PPW 80.6 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 409.3 PPW 202.7 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 11.7 PPW 5 PPW
Blender / W 2.77 PPW 1.65 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Intel AMD
Announced August, 21, 2017 September, 11, 2018
Type Laptop use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Model number i5-8350U n/a
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 620 No

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 4 6
Threads 8 12
Frequency 1.7 GHz 3.4 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 3.6 GHz 3.9 GHz
General
Cores count46
Threads count812
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Bandwidth4 GT/sn/a
Multiplier17x34x
L1 cache64 KB/core96 KB/core
L2 cache256 KB/core512 KB/core
L3 Cache6 MB total16 MB total
Unlocked multipliern/aYes

Package

Transistor count n/a 4.8 billion
Process tech. 14 nm 12 nm
Power (TDP) 15 W 65 W
Socket BGA-1356 AM4
Critical temp. 100 °C 95 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR4-2400
- LPDDR3-2133
DDR4-2933
Max Size 32 GB 64 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No Yes
Max memory bandwidth 37.5 GB 43.71 GB

Other

PCIe Version 3.0 3.0
Max PCIe Lanes 12 20
Channels 41422 n/a

Results

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