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Intel Core i5-8265U vs AMD Ryzen 5 3550H

Intel Core i5-8265U

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The Intel Core i5-8265U is a power efficient quad-core SoC for notebooks and Ultrabooks based on the Whiskey Lake generation and will probably be announced in August 2018. Compared to the similar named Kaby Lake-R processors (e.g. Core i5-8250U), the Whiskey Lake CPUs are now produced in a further improved 14nm process (14nm++) and offer higher clock speeds. The architecture and features are the same. The i5-8265U offers e.g. high Turbo clock speeds of 3,9 GHz (versus 3,4 GHz of the i5-8250U) for a single core (3.8 for two cores, 3.7 GHz for all four cores). The integrated GPU is still named Intel UHD Graphics 620 and the dual-channel memory controller still supports the same RAM speeds as Kaby-Lake-R (DDR4-2400 / LPDDR3-2133). Thermal Velocity Boost is not supported (only in the Core i7-8565U).

The Whiskey Lake SoCs are used with a new PCH produced in 14nm that supports USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10 Gbps) and CNVi WiFi/BT parts.

Architecture

Intel basically uses the same micro architecture compared to Skylake and Kaby Lake, so the per-MHz performance does not differ. That means Whiskey Lake is a Kaby Lake chip manufactured in the improved 14nm++ process.

Performance

The performance of the i5-8265U depends on the cooling solution of the laptop and the defined TDP limits for short and long term performance. We already saw big differences for Kaby Lake-R (e.g., i7-8550U benchmarks), especially for long term (sustained) performance. Therefore, it will be interesting to see how the additionalTurbo  clock speed can be made use of. For the Core i7, Intel estimates between 3-11% higher performance to the Kaby-Lake-R generation and that should be similar in the Core i5 (as long as the cooling is sufficient).

Graphics

The integrated Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Intel Gen 9.5) is untouched from the 8th Gen Kaby Lake chips. With fast dual-channel memory it can reach the performance of a dedicated GeForce 920M.

Contrary to Skylake, Kaby Lake and Whiskey Lake now also supports H.265/HEVC Main 10 with a 10-bit color depth as well as Google's VP9 codec. The dual-core Kaby Lake processors announced in January should also support HDCP 2.2.

Power Consumption

The chip is manufactured in a further improved 14nm process with FinFET transistors (14nm++), the same as the 8th Gen Coffee Lake processors. Intel still specifies the TDP with 15 Watts, which is typical for ULV chips. Depending on the usage scenario, the TDP can vary between 7.5 (cTDP Down) and 25 Watts.

Warning: Above information is partly still based on rumors and leaks and may therefore change till release.

AMD Ryzen 5 3550H

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The AMD Ryzen 5 3550H is a mobile SoC that was announced in January 2019. It combines four Zen+ cores (8 threads) clocked at 2.1 GHz to 3.7 GHz with a Radeon RX Vega 8 graphics adapter with 8 CUs (512 Shaders) clocked at up to 1,200 MHz. Compared to the similar Ryzen 5 3500U, the 3550H offers a 20 Watt higher TDP and therefore a better performance under long periods of load. The integrated dual-channel memory controller supports up to DDR4-2400 memory. As the features of the Picasso APUs are the same compared to the Raven Ridge predecessors, we point to our Raven Ridge launch article.

The Picasso SoCs use the Zen+ microarchitecture with slight improvements that should lead to a 3% IPS (performance per clock) improvements. Furthermore, the 12 nm process allows higher clock rates at similar power consumptions.

Performance

The average 3550H in our database proves to be a solid mid-range CPU, its multi-thread benchmark scores hovering close to those of the Intel Core i7-10710U and the Core i5-8257U. Which is a little slow for an H-class processor, as of late 2021, but still more than enough for the vast majority of apps and games, provided one is fine with having to wait a little longer than usual for that 4K video encoding job to get completed.

Thanks to its decent cooling solution and sufficiently high CPU power limits, the Pavilion Gaming 15-ec0002ng is among the fastest laptops powered by the 3550H that we know of. It can be more than 20% faster in CPU-bound workloads than the slowest system featuring the same chip in our database, as of August 2023.

Power consumption

This Ryzen 5 series chip has a default TDP (also known as the long-term power limit) of 35 W. Laptop makers are free to reduce that value significantly with 12 W being the minimum AMD-recommended value. Clock speeds and performance would take a hit as a result; either way, that's a little too high to allow for passively cooled designs.

Last but not the least, the AMD Ryzen 5 3550H is built with a 12 nm process for lower-than-average, as of mid 2023, energy efficiency.

ModelIntel Core i5-8265UAMD Ryzen 5 3550H
SeriesIntel Core i5AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
CodenameWhiskey Lake-UPicasso-U (Zen+)
Series: Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU) Picasso-U (Zen+)
Intel Core i5-8365U compare1.6 - 4.1 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-8265U « 1.6 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 3780U compare2.3 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 3700U compare2.3 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 3550H « 2.1 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U compare2.1 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 3450U compare2.1 - 3.5 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 3580U compare2.1 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
Clock1600 - 3900 MHz2100 - 3700 MHz
L1 Cache256 KB384 KB
L2 Cache1 MB2 MB
L3 Cache6 MB4 MB
Cores / Threads4 / 84 / 8
TDP15 Watt35 Watt
Technology14 nm12 nm
SocketBGA1528FP5
FeaturesDual-Channel DDR4 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NIDDR4-2400 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
iGPUIntel UHD Graphics 620 (300 - 1100 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
Announced
Transistors4500 Million
max. Temp.105 °C
Manufacturerwww.amd.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i5-8265U
27.9 pt (39%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R5 3550H
26.7 pt (37%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
3500 Points (3%)
min: 3646     avg: 3930     median: 3929.5 (4%)     max: 4213 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
1008 Points (43%)
min: 850     avg: 886     median: 886 (38%)     max: 922 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 325     avg: 389.2     median: 397 (44%)     max: 403 Points
min: 331     avg: 354.3     median: 359 (40%)     max: 370 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 972     avg: 1271     median: 1285.5 (3%)     max: 1564 Points
min: 1421     avg: 1596     median: 1621 (4%)     max: 1728 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 457     avg: 592     median: 601.5 (4%)     max: 750 Points
min: 635     avg: 717     median: 742 (5%)     max: 769 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 111     avg: 155     median: 159 (48%)     max: 164 Points
min: 77     avg: 137.9     median: 144 (43%)     max: 146 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 5.22     avg: 6     median: 5.7 (7%)     max: 7.22 Points
8.6 Points (11%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 1.73     avg: 1.8     median: 1.8 (44%)     max: 1.88 Points
1.7 Points (41%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 5841     avg: 6044     median: 6082 (37%)     max: 6209 Points
min: 4575     avg: 5413     median: 4592 (28%)     max: 7893 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 16318     avg: 18952     median: 19418 (14%)     max: 22962 Points
min: 19002     avg: 19535     median: 19520.5 (14%)     max: 20097 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 18924     avg: 21959     median: 21775.5 (15%)     max: 25361 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
min: 7705     avg: 7880     median: 7919 (10%)     max: 7975 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
min: 371.4     avg: 402.4     median: 402.4 (5%)     max: 433.3 s
209.2 s (2%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
min: 9.635     avg: 11     median: 11 (2%)     max: 12.41 s
7.7 s (2%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
min: 3215     avg: 4040     median: 3988 (6%)     max: 4916 Points
2929 Points (5%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 13731     avg: 16360     median: 16245 (9%)     max: 18802 MIPS
min: 16683     avg: 17967     median: 17978 (10%)     max: 19409 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 3780     avg: 4054     median: 4084 (49%)     max: 4195 MIPS
min: 3472     avg: 3554     median: 3547.5 (42%)     max: 3652 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 31.9     avg: 37.2     median: 39.1 (14%)     max: 40.5 fps
44.3 fps (15%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 150.5     avg: 158.7     median: 156 (36%)     max: 169.5 fps
146.8 fps (34%)
min: 3.7     avg: 4.1     median: 4 (7%)     max: 4.43 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 0.427     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (0%)     max: 0.464 GB/s
0.5 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 0.708     avg: 0.8     median: 0.8 (14%)     max: 0.789 GB/s
0.7 GB/s (12%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
min: 4.1     avg: 4.3     median: 4.4 (11%)     max: 4.5 GB/s
4.7 GB/s (12%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
1565 Seconds (20%)
1297 Seconds (17%)
min: 612     avg: 675     median: 659 (5%)     max: 759 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.72     avg: 0.7     median: 0.7 (16%)     max: 0.754 sec
min: 0.732     avg: 0.7     median: 0.7 (16%)     max: 0.752 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 5637     avg: 6330     median: 6316 (13%)     max: 7439 Points
min: 7123     avg: 7227     median: 7174 (15%)     max: 7385 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 9.762     avg: 10     median: 9.8 (2%)     max: 10.32 s
11.9 s (3%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 22.12     avg: 22.3     median: 22.2 (1%)     max: 22.43 s
27.7 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 543     avg: 562     median: 552 (2%)     max: 590 s
695 s (3%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
24607 Points (22%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 4154     avg: 6319     median: 6222 (17%)     max: 8443 Points
min: 6321     avg: 6969     median: 6803 (18%)     max: 7724 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 21036     avg: 38716     median: 38144 (31%)     max: 50513 Points
min: 52657     avg: 54549     median: 54658 (44%)     max: 56221 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 21037     avg: 37535     median: 36912 (30%)     max: 48588 Points
min: 53643     avg: 54868     median: 55096 (45%)     max: 56566 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 23095     avg: 49269     median: 52630 (44%)     max: 56737 Points
min: 60469     avg: 61391     median: 61297 (52%)     max: 62057 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 3393     avg: 5794     median: 5651 (14%)     max: 8298 Points
min: 2848     avg: 6157     median: 6734.5 (17%)     max: 8124 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 4640     avg: 7934     median: 8001 (14%)     max: 11278 Points
min: 10096     avg: 10671     median: 10554 (19%)     max: 11617 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 1837     avg: 2540     median: 2657 (11%)     max: 2931 Points
min: 2996     avg: 3268     median: 3363 (14%)     max: 3534 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1024     avg: 1039     median: 1041.5 (44%)     max: 1047 Points
min: 880     avg: 896     median: 899 (38%)     max: 907 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 3442     avg: 3669     median: 3624.5 (6%)     max: 3986 Points
min: 3162     avg: 3316     median: 3281 (6%)     max: 3486 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 986     avg: 1015     median: 1017 (4%)     max: 1041 Points
min: 806     avg: 886     median: 902 (4%)     max: 914 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 2973     avg: 3446     median: 3365 (11%)     max: 3962 Points
min: 3034     avg: 3238     median: 3250 (10%)     max: 3562 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 2106     avg: 4387     median: 4514 (45%)     max: 4830 Points
min: 3623     avg: 3797     median: 3807 (38%)     max: 3938 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 7144     avg: 13600     median: 13295 (15%)     max: 16249 Points
min: 11183     avg: 12118     median: 11926 (13%)     max: 13441 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 4229     avg: 4422     median: 4433 (60%)     max: 4605 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 13168     avg: 13975     median: 14368 (35%)     max: 14390 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
min: 12198     avg: 13659     median: 14002 (25%)     max: 14499 Points
min: 13474     avg: 14342     median: 14437 (26%)     max: 15114 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
min: 3470     avg: 3669     median: 3678.5 (72%)     max: 3842 Points
min: 3348     avg: 3420     median: 3353 (65%)     max: 3558 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 12221     avg: 13021     median: 13021 (20%)     max: 13821 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 3805     avg: 3906     median: 3906 (58%)     max: 4007 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
min: 10592     avg: 10596     median: 10595.5 (85%)     max: 10599 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
min: 8582     avg: 8660     median: 8660 (79%)     max: 8738 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
min: 11914     avg: 12181     median: 12181 (24%)     max: 12448 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
min: 12671     avg: 13099     median: 13099 (26%)     max: 13527 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
min: 11598     avg: 11639     median: 11639 (30%)     max: 11680 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 851     avg: 1141     median: 1194 (1%)     max: 1245 ms
min: 1042     avg: 1145     median: 1173 (1%)     max: 1229 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 83     avg: 93.5     median: 95.6 (1%)     max: 99.8 ms
117.8 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 12842     avg: 31246     median: 32120 (29%)     max: 35563 Points
min: 28324     avg: 28827     median: 28811.5 (26%)     max: 29361 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
145.3 Points (42%)
124.3 Points (36%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 186     avg: 187     median: 187 (39%)     max: 188 Points
min: 151.3     avg: 161.1     median: 162 (34%)     max: 174 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
1006 Points (39%)
832 Points (32%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 39.9     avg: 50.3     median: 50.3 (9%)     max: 60.6 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
35.2 Watt (6%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
11.2 Watt (7%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
18.3 Points per Watt (14%)

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-8265U → 100% n=49

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 3550H → 102% n=49

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