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).

AMD Ryzen 7 5825U

Intel Core i5-8259U

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: 3056 vs 2201
2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 18355 vs 7876

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	3056 vs 2201
PassMark - CPU mark	18355 vs 7876

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

3056

2201

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

18355

7876

Name	AMD Ryzen 7 5825U	Intel Core i5-8259U
PassMark - Single thread mark	3056	2201
PassMark - CPU mark	18355	7876
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	578	583
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)