Intel Core i5 9300H vs AMD Ryzen 5 3550H
We compared two 4-core laptop CPUs: the 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 9300H 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.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of electricity consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core i5 9300H
- Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-2666 RAM
- Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
- 48% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 1035 vs 701 points
- Around 6.04 GB/s (17%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- 11% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.1 GHz vs 3.7 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3550H
- Consumes up to 22% less energy than the Core i5 9300H – 35 vs 45 Watt
- More modern manufacturing process – 12 versus 14 nanometers
Benchmarks
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Specifications
General
| Vendor | Intel | AMD |
| Released | April 23, 2019 | January 6, 2019 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Codename | Coffee Lake | Zen+ |
| Model number | i5-9300H | - |
| Socket | BGA-1440 | FP5 |
| Integrated GPU | Intel UHD Graphics 630 | Radeon Vega 8 |
Performance
| Cores | 4 | 4 |
| Threads | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 2.4 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency | 4.1 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Bus frequency | - | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | - | 21x |
| Bus Bandwidth | 8 GT/s | - |
| L1 Cache | 128K (per core) | 128K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 256K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 8MB (shared) | 4MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Power
| Transistors | - | 4.9 billions |
| Fabrication process | 14 nm | 12 nm |
| TDP | 45 W | 35 W |
| Max. temperature | 100°C | 105°C |
Memory support
| Memory types | DDR4-2666, LPDDR3-2133 | DDR4-2400 |
| Memory Size | 128 GB | 32 GB |
| Max. 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 9300H official page | AMD Ryzen 5 3550H official page |
| PCI Express Version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 16 | 12 |
| Instruction Set | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2 | - |
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