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Intel Core i5 8300H vs AMD Ryzen 5 3550H

30 out of 100
Intel Core i5 8300H
VS
29 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 3550H
Intel Core i5 8300H
AMD Ryzen 5 3550H

We compared two 4-core laptop CPUs: the 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 8300H against the 2.1 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 3550H. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 3550H and 8300H
Advantages of Intel Core i5 8300H
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR4-2666 RAM
  • 27% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1373 vs 1083 points
  • Around 6.04 GB/s (17%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 8% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4 GHz vs 3.7 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3550H
  • More powerful Radeon Vega 8 integrated graphics: 1.2 vs 0.4 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 12 versus 14 nanometers
  • Newer - released 10 months later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 8300H
vs
Ryzen 5 3550H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i5 8300H +27%
1373
Ryzen 5 3550H
1083
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 8300H +25%
4114
Ryzen 5 3550H
3288
File compression 378.3 MB/sec 328.7 MB/sec
Clang compilation 23.4 Klines/sec 23 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 96 pages/sec 88.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 119 Mpixels/sec 113 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 132.9 pages/sec 97.7 pages/sec
Background blur 21.6 images/sec 13.3 images/sec
Photo processing 40.2 images/sec 31 images/sec
Ray tracing 5.22 Mpixels/sec 5.25 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 875 & 876 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i5 8300H +12%
2240
Ryzen 5 3550H
2002
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 24.4 GOps/sec 26.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 15.4 GOps/sec 13.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 23M Primes/sec 17M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 13.3M Strings/sec 12.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 2.5 GBytes/sec 6.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 101.1 MBytes/sec 107 MBytes/sec
Physics 497 Frames/sec 397 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 6.4B Matrices/sec 4.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4999 & 2685 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 8300H +3%
54.53
Ryzen 5 3550H
52.85

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 5.4 PPW 6.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 91.4 PPW 93.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 163.6 PPW 218.1 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.21 PPW 1.51 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i5 8300H
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-03-02 (AR7845)Geekbench 6 CPU1455 / 4849
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AMD Ryzen 5 3550H
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 8300H and AMD Ryzen 5 3550H

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released April 3, 2018 January 6, 2019
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Coffee Lake Zen+ (Picasso)
Model number i5-8300H -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 630 Radeon Vega 8
Successor - Intel Core i5 11300H -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#182nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.3 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4 GHz 3.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 8 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 23x 21x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s -
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 8MB (shared) 4MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 4.9 billions
Fabrication Process 14 nm 12 nm
TDP (PL1) 45 W 12-35 W (configurable)
Socket BGA-1440 FP5
Peak Temperature 100°C 105°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630 Radeon Vega 8
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1000 MHz 1200 MHz
Shading Units 192 512
TMUs 24 32
ROPs 3 8
Execution Units 24 8
TGP 15 W 25 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 8300H
0.4 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 3550H +200%
1.2 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 8 compared to UHD Graphics 630

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-2666
- LPDDR3-2133		 - DDR4-2400
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 41.8 GB/s 35.76 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 8300H official page AMD Ryzen 5 3550H official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 12

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Comments

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