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Intel Core i5 8350U vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

28 out of 100
Intel Core i5 8350U
VS
38 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
Intel Core i5 8350U
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.7 GHz Intel Core i5 8350U with 4-cores against the 2.1 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with 6-cores. 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 5500U and 8350U
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
  • More powerful Radeon RX Vega 7 integrated graphics: 1.6 vs 0.4 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 14 nanometers
  • Newer - released 3 years and 5 months later
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 23% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1526 vs 1243 points
  • 11% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4 GHz vs 3.6 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 8350U
vs
Ryzen 5 5500U

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 450 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 944 -
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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 8350U
1243
Ryzen 5 5500U +23%
1526
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 8350U
3424
Ryzen 5 5500U +75%
6005
File compression 208.7 MB/sec 504.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 26.1 Klines/sec 32.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 71.4 pages/sec 103.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 110.3 Mpixels/sec 151.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 121.6 pages/sec 124.6 pages/sec
Background blur 19.4 images/sec 27.2 images/sec
Photo processing 28.3 images/sec 49.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 5.69 Mpixels/sec 8.97 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1080 & 599 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i5 8350U
1985
Ryzen 5 5500U +20%
2390
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 8350U
6099
Ryzen 5 5500U +107%
12609
Integer math 22.1 GOps/sec 44.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 13.4 GOps/sec 25.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 19M Primes/sec 26M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 10.6M Strings/sec 18.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 2.1 GBytes/sec 10.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 79.4 MBytes/sec 171.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 427 Frames/sec 526 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 5.2B Matrices/sec 10.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 5302 & 6029 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 8350U
41.58
Ryzen 5 5500U +121%
91.95

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 17.5 PPW 16.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 228.3 PPW 240.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 406.6 PPW 504.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.77 PPW 3.68 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 8350U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-28 (Effectedbaker67)Cinebench 202458 / 228
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-28 (Effectedbaker67)Cinebench 2026450 / 944
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-26 (Effectedbaker67)Cinebench 202457 / 207
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-23 (UTYONE)Geekbench 6 CPU1257 / 3854
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-07 (MeepMaw)Cinebench 202456 / 204
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-11 (Akhil)Cinebench 202468 / 404
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-06 (DON'T_SYBAU ❀️)Geekbench 6 CPU1515 / 6409
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-04 (Micro_review)Geekbench 6 CPU1526 / 6005
πŸ“˜ 2025-05-14 (Josh Passed)Cinebench 202469 / 315
πŸ“˜ 2024-05-30 (Wildan)Cinebench 202468 / 367
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 8350U and AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released August 21, 2017 January 12, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename - Zen 2 (Lucienne)
Model number i5-8350U -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 620 Radeon RX Vega 7
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i5 1135G7
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#165th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 8 12
Base Frequency (P) 1.7 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 3.6 GHz 4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 6
Total Threads 8 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 17x 21x
Bus Bandwidth 4 GT/s -
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier - No

Package

Fabrication Process 14 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 15 W 10-25 W (configurable)
Socket BGA-1356 FP6
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 105Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 620 Radeon RX Vega 7
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1100 MHz 1800 MHz
Shading Units 192 448
TMUs 24 28
ROPs 3 8
Execution Units 24 7
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 8350U
0.4 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 5500U +300%
1.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 7 compared to UHD Graphics 620

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-2400
- LPDDR3-2133		 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 37.5 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 8350U official page AMD Ryzen 5 5500U official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 12

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Total votes: 26

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Comments

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