Intel Core i5 8279U vs AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2019
Jan 2025
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Coffee Lake
Zen 5 (Strix Halo)
Processor Number
i5-8279U
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Integrated Graphics
Iris Plus Graphics 655
Radeon 8050S
Generation
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Ryzen AI Max (Zen 5 (Strix Halo))
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
4 nm
Socket
BGA-1528
FP11
Power Consumption
28 W
55 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
100 °C
Max Turbo Power Consumption
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120 W
Foundry
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TSMC
I/O Process Size
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6 nm
Package
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FC-BGA
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
12
Performance Core Threads
8
24
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.1 GHz
5 GHz
Total Core Count
4
12
Total Thread Count
8
24
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
24x
32
L1 Cache
32 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
6 MB shared
64 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Efficiency Cores
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0
SMP
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1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
LPDDR5X-8000
Max Memory Size
32 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
37.5 GB/s
256 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
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GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1150 MHz
2800 MHz
Shader Units
384
2048
Texture Units
48
128
Raster Operation Units
6
64
Execution Units
48
32
Power Consumption
15 W
45-120
Max Resolution
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
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Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
16
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
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AI Accelerator
NPU
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AMD Ryzen™ AI
Theoretical performance
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50 TOPS
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,085
2,172
Cinebench R23
4,440
30,768
Geekbench 6
1,313
2,909
Geekbench 5
951
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Geekbench 6
4,465
18,560
Geekbench 5
3,929
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Blender
59
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Passmark CPU
2,365
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Passmark CPU
7,732
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Cinebench 2024
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134
Cinebench 2024
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1,731
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.