AMD Ryzen Embedded R1600 vs Intel Core i5-8279U

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen Embedded R1600 and Intel Core i5-8279U processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen Embedded R1600

  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 105 °C vs 100 °C
  • Around 87% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 28 Watt
Maximum core temperature 105 °C vs 100 °C
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 28 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-8279U

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • Around 32% higher clock speed: 4.10 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
  • Around 50% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 29% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2299 vs 1779
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7490 vs 3365
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 8 vs 4
Maximum frequency 4.10 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
L3 cache 6 MB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2299 vs 1779
PassMark - CPU mark 7490 vs 3365

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen Embedded R1600
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-8279U

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1779
2299
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3365
7490
Name AMD Ryzen Embedded R1600 Intel Core i5-8279U
PassMark - Single thread mark 1779 2299
PassMark - CPU mark 3365 7490
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1043
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3981

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen Embedded R1600 Intel Core i5-8279U

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Coffee Lake
Launch date 25 Feb 2020 Q2'19
Place in performance rating 1460 1359
Vertical segment Mobile Mobile
Launch price (MSRP) $320
Processor Number i5-8279U

Performance

Base frequency 2.6 GHz 2.40 GHz
Die size 209.8 mm²
L1 cache 192 KB
L2 cache 1 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 6 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 105 °C 100 °C
Maximum frequency 3.1 GHz 4.10 GHz
Number of cores 2 4
Number of threads 4 8
Transistor count 4950 million
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 4 GT/s OPI

Memory

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

Compatibility

Configurable TDP-down 12 Watt
Configurable TDP-up 25 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Socket Count FP5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 28 Watt
Sockets supported FCBGA1528

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 8 16
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x4, 2x2, 1x2+2x1, 4x1

Graphics

Device ID 0x3EA5
eDRAM 128 MB
Graphics base frequency 300 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.15 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 32 GB
Processor graphics Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3

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)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
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

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