AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme vs Intel Core i5 8279U
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jun 2025
May 2019
Manufacturer
Amd
Intel
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen 5 (Strix Point)
Coffee Lake
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 890M
Iris Plus Graphics 655
Processor Number
-
i5-8279U
Package
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
14 nm
Socket
FP8
BGA-1528
Power Consumption
15-35 W
28 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
3
4
Performance Core Threads
6
8
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.0 GHz
2.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5 GHz
4.1 GHz
Efficiency Cores
5
-
Efficiency Core Threads
10
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.0 GHz
-
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.3 GHz
-
Total Core Count
8
4
Total Thread Count
16
8
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
20
24x
L1 Cache
80 K per core
32 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
6 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-5600,LPDDR5X-8000
DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Max Memory Size
-
32 GB
Max Memory Channels
-
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
-
37.5 GB/s
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
800 MHz
300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2900 MHz
1150 MHz
Shader Units
1024
384
Texture Units
64
48
Raster Operation Units
40
6
Execution Units
16
48
Power Consumption
15
15 W
Max Resolution
-
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,953
1,085
Cinebench R23
14,572
4,440
Geekbench 6
2,753
1,313
Geekbench 6
11,860
4,465
Cinebench 2024
113
-
Cinebench 2024
791
-
Passmark CPU
4,074
2,365
Passmark CPU
24,157
7,732
Geekbench 5
-
951
Geekbench 5
-
3,929
Blender
-
59