For the purpose of this test we ve used two generations of the same device the lenovo ideapad 530s and the ideapad s540 respectively.
Amd 2nd generation ryzen 5 3500u vs i5.
This shows a minor difference in favor of the ryzen 5 3500u.
In comparison the intel core i5 8250u powered acer swift 3 features a 14 inch display a 4gb ram and.
Based on 45 355 user benchmarks for the amd ryzen 5 3500u and the intel core i5 1035g1 we rank them both on effective speed and value for money against the best 1 265 cpus.
The same can be seen in case of the lenovo thinkpad lineup where the ryzen 5 3500u in the thinkpad e495 is much faster than the similarly priced core i5 8265u in the e490 and that too with a lower power draw.
Instead you usually get better performance for cheaper.
You can check out the full specs of the amd ryzen 5 3500u and the intel core i5 8250u.