Intel Core i5-4278U vs AMD Ryzen 7 4980U

Last updated: 2024-04-12

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i5-4278U		AMD Ryzen 7 4980U
CPU comparison Intel Core i5-4278U or AMD Ryzen 7 4980U - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The Intel Core i5-4278U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.10 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-4278U was released in Q3/2014. The AMD Ryzen 7 4980U has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 7 4980U was released in Q2/2021.

Intel Core i5 (331)	Family	AMD Ryzen 7 (68)
Intel Core i 4000U (26)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen 4000U (11)
4	Generation	3
Haswell U	Architecture	Renoir (Zen 2)
Mobile	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	--
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CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Core i5-4278U has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-4278U is 2.60 GHz (3.10 GHz) while the AMD Ryzen 7 4980U has 8 CPU cores and 16 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 7 4980U is at 2.00 GHz (4.40 GHz).
Intel Core i5-4278U	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 4980U
2	Cores	8
4	Threads	16
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.60 GHz	Frequency	2.00 GHz
3.10 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	4.40 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	--

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
Intel Core i5-4278U	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 4980U
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--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The Intel Core i5-4278U or AMD Ryzen 7 4980U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
Intel Iris Graphics 5100	GPU	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir)
0.20 GHz	GPU frequency	0.40 GHz
1.10 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	1.95 GHz
7.5	GPU Generation	9
22 nm	Technology	7 nm
3	Max. displays	3
40	Compute units	8
320	Shader	512
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
16 GB	Max. GPU Memory	8 GB
11.1	DirectX Version	12

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
Intel Iris Graphics 5100	GPU	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir)
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The Intel Core i5-4278U can use up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 25.6 GB/s. The AMD Ryzen 7 4980U supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 51.2 GB/s.
Intel Core i5-4278U	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 4980U
DDR3-1600	Memory	LPDDR4-4266, DDR4-3200
16 GB	Max. Memory	64 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
25.6 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	51.2 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	4.00 MB
3.00 MB	L3 Cache	8.00 MB
2.0	PCIe version	3.0
12	PCIe lanes	12
6.0 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	11.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i5-4278U is 28 W, while the AMD Ryzen 7 4980U has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Intel Core i5-4278U	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 4980U
28 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	15 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	25 W
--	TDP down	10 W
100 °C	Tjunction max.	105 °C
Technical details The Intel Core i5-4278U is manufactured in 22 nm and has 3.00 MB cache. The AMD Ryzen 7 4980U is manufactured in 7 nm and has a 12.00 MB cache.
Intel Core i5-4278U	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 4980U
22 nm	Technology	7 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
BGA 1168	Socket	FP6
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2014	Release date	Q2/2021
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i5-4278U (55%)

AMD Ryzen 7 4980U (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i5-4278U (17%)

AMD Ryzen 7 4980U (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i5-4278U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	647 (51%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 4980U 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	1262 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i5-4278U 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	1688 (17%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 4980U 8C 16T @ 2.00 GHz	10214 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i5-4278U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	684 (59%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 4980U 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	1169 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i5-4278U 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	1478 (19%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 4980U 8C 16T @ 2.00 GHz	7865 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	Intel Core i5-4278U Intel Iris Graphics 5100 @ 1.10 GHz	704 (35%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 4980U AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir) @ 1.95 GHz	1997 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Intel Core i5-4278U 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	2839 (16%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 4980U 8C 16T @ 2.00 GHz	17470 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Intel Core i5-4278U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	889 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 4980U 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Intel Core i5-4278U 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	1869 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 4980U 8C 16T @ 2.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i5-4278U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 4980U 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	491 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i5-4278U 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 4980U 8C 16T @ 2.00 GHz	3911 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i5-4278U 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	272 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 4980U 8C 16T @ 2.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Devices using this processor
Intel Core i5-4278U	AMD Ryzen 7 4980U
Unknown	Microsoft Surface

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