AMD Ryzen 7 5825U vs Intel Core i5-8259U

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 5825U and Intel Core i5-8259U processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 5825U

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • 8 more threads: 16 vs 8
  • Around 18% higher clock speed: 4.5 GHz vs 3.80 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.7x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 87% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 28 Watt
  • Around 39% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3060 vs 2201
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 18336 vs 7872
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 6 Jan 2022 vs 3 April 2018
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Number of threads 16 vs 8
Maximum frequency 4.5 GHz vs 3.80 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
L1 cache 512 KB vs 256 KB
L2 cache 4 MB vs 1 MB
L3 cache 16 MB vs 6 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 28 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3060 vs 2201
PassMark - CPU mark 18336 vs 7872

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-8259U

  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95 °C
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 95 °C

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 5825U
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-8259U

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3060
2201
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
18336
7872
Name AMD Ryzen 7 5825U Intel Core i5-8259U
PassMark - Single thread mark 3060 2201
PassMark - CPU mark 18336 7872
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 964
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3939
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 5.218
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 75.117
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 2.451
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 6.118
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3247
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 6697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 11568
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3247
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 6697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 11568

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 7 5825U Intel Core i5-8259U

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 3 Coffee Lake
Launch date 6 Jan 2022 3 April 2018
OPN Tray 100-000000580
Place in performance rating 569 580
Vertical segment Mobile Mobile
Processor Number i5-8259U
Series 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 Processors
Status Launched

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.0 GHz 2.30 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 4 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 16 MB 6 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 100°C
Maximum frequency 4.5 GHz 3.80 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of GPU cores 8
Number of threads 16 8
Bus Speed 4 GT/s OPI
Die size 123 mm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 72 °C

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 68.3 GB/s 37.5 GB/s
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Maximum memory size 32 GB

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 1800 MHz 300 MHz
iGPU core count 8
Number of pipelines 512
Processor graphics Radeon Vega 8 Intel® Iris® Plus Graphics 655
Device ID 0x3EA5
eDRAM 128 MB
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.05 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 32 GB

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI
DVI
eDP
Number of displays supported 3

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 15-25 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FP6 FCBGA1528
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 28 Watt
Configurable TDP-down 20 W
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 46x24

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16 16
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x4, 2x2, 1x2+2x1 and 4x1

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@30Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)