Intel Core i5-8257U vs AMD Ryzen 5 3550H
            Intel Core i5-8257U
            
                
            
        
    
            AMD Ryzen 5 3550H
            
                
            
        
    | 
                             4 Cores 
                            8 Threads 
                            1.4GHz Clock 
                         | 
                    
                        
                             4 Cores 
                            8 Threads 
                            2.1GHz Clock 
                         | 
                    
                
| 
                             Socket 
                            BGA 1528 
                         | 
                    
                        
                             Socket 
                            FP5 
                         | 
                    
                
| 
                             iGPU 
                            
                                Iris Plus 645 1050MHz
                            
                            810 GFLOPS FP32 
                         | 
                    
                        
                             iGPU 
                            
                                Radeon Vega 8 1200MHz
                            
                            1.23 TFLOPS FP32 
                         | 
                    
                
| 
                                         
                                            
                                                GB6S 1,225
                                            
                                             
                                    30% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                                    
                                         
                                            
                                                GB6S 980
                                            
                                             
                                    24% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         
                                            
                                                GB6M 4,005
                                            
                                             
                                    15% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                                    
                                         
                                            
                                                GB6M 2,860
                                            
                                             
                                    11% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                            
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                                         CB23S N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                                    
                                         CB23S N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                            
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                                         CB23M N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                                    
                                         CB23M N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                            
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                                         Manufacturer 
                                        
                                            Intel
                                        
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                                         Manufacturer 
                                        
                                            AMD
                                        
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                                         Architecture 
                                        
                                            Skylake
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Architecture 
                                        
                                            Zen+
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Family 
                                        
                                            Core 8th Gen
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Family 
                                        
                                            Ryzen 3000
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
                            
| 
                                         Instruction Set (ISA) 
                                        x86-64 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Instruction Set (ISA) 
                                        x86-64 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Codename 
                                        Coffee Lake-U 
                                        - 
                                        Coffee Lake-4C-GT3 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Codename 
                                        Picasso 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Market Segment 
                                        Laptop 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Market Segment 
                                        Laptop 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Release Date 
                                        4/5/2018 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Release Date 
                                        1/6/2019 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Foundry 
                                        Intel 
                                        Intel (PCH Die) 
                                        Intel (eDRAM Die) 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Foundry 
                                        GlobalFoundries 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Node 
                                        14nm++ 
                                        14nm (PCH Die) 
                                        14nm (eDRAM Die) 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Node 
                                        12LP 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Die Size 
                                        148 mm² 
                                        37 mm² (PCH Die) 
                                        63 mm² (eDRAM Die) 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Die Size 
                                        210 mm² 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Transistor Count 
                                        2.5 Billion 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Transistor Count 
                                        4.9 Billion 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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                                         4 Cores 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         4 Cores 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         8 Threads 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         8 Threads 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         - 
                                        1.4GHz 
                                        3.9GHz Boost 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         - 
                                        2.1GHz 
                                        3.7GHz Boost 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Overclocking 
                                        Locked 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Overclocking 
                                        Locked 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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                                         Type 
                                        DMI 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Type 
                                        PCIe 
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                                         - 
                                        - 
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                                         - 
                                        - 
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                                         - 
                                        - 
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                                         - 
                                        - 
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                                         Transfer Rate 
                                        8GT/s 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Transfer Rate 
                                        8GT/s 
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                                         - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Lanes 
                                        4 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Lanes 
                                        4 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Bandwidth 
                                        4GB/s 
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                                         Bandwidth 
                                        4GB/s 
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                                         Bi-directional 
                                        8GB/s 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Bi-directional 
                                        8GB/s 
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                                         L0 Instruction 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         L0 Instruction 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         L0 Data 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         L0 Data 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
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                                         L1 Instruction 
                                        32KB/Core 
                                        8-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         L1 Instruction 
                                        64KB/Core 
                                        4-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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                                         L1 Data 
                                        32KB/Core 
                                        8-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         L1 Data 
                                        32KB/Core 
                                        8-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         L2 
                                        256KB/Core 
                                        4-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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                                         L2 
                                        512KB/Core 
                                        8-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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| 
                                         L3 
                                        - 
                                        6MB Shared 
                                        - 
                                        16-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         L3 
                                        - 
                                        4MB Shared 
                                        - 
                                        16-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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                                         L4 
                                        128MB Shared 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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                                         Channels 
                                        2 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Channels 
                                        2 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Max Memory 
                                        64GB 
                                        16GB 
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Max Memory 
                                        64GB 
                                        
                                        
                                        
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                                         ECC 
                                        Not Supported 
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                                         ECC 
                                        Not Supported 
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                                         Bus Width/Channel 
                                        64Bit 
                                        Bus Width 
                                        128Bit 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Bus Width/Channel 
                                        64Bit 
                                        Bus Width 
                                        128Bit 
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| 
                                         Clock 
                                        1333MHz 
                                        1066MHz 
                                        
                                        
                                        Transfer Rate 
                                        2666MT/s 
                                        2133MT/s 
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Clock 
                                        1200MHz 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        Transfer Rate 
                                        2400MT/s 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Bandwidth/Channel 
                                        21.3GB/s 
                                        17.1GB/s 
                                        
                                        
                                        Bandwidth 
                                        42.7GB/s 
                                        34.1GB/s 
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Bandwidth/Channel 
                                        19.2GB/s 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        Bandwidth 
                                        38.4GB/s 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         TDP 
                                        15W 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         TDP 
                                        25W 
                                        12W cTDP Down 
                                        35W cTDP Up 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Temp 
                                        100°C Max 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Temp 
                                        105°C Max 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Included Cooler 
                                            
                                            Not Included 
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Included Cooler 
                                            
                                            Not Included 
                                        
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                                         PCIe 3.0 x16 Lanes 
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         PCIe 3.0 x12 Lanes 
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                        
                                            Iris Plus 645 1050MHz
                                        
                                         384 Shaders 
                                        1050MHz 
                                        810 GFLOPS FP32 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            Radeon Vega 8 1200MHz
                                        
                                         512 Shaders 
                                        1200MHz 
                                        1.23 TFLOPS FP32 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         No NPU 
                                        - 
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                                         No NPU 
                                        - 
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                                        - 
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                                        - 
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                                         No Cellular 
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                                         No Cellular 
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