Intel vs AMD in a budget laptop

[MrMorningstar]

Hi, I have the choice between two budget laptops that will be used mostly for office work. One of them is based on Intel Core i5-8265U (4 cores, 1.60-3.90 GHz) and the other is based on AMD Ryzen 3 3250U (2cores, 2.6 -3.5 GHz).

 

Assuming that all the other specs are simmilar, which one should I chose?

 

[Ankh Tech]

16 minutes ago, MrMorningstar said:

Hi, I have the choice between two budget laptops that will be used mostly for office work. One of them is based on Intel Core i5-8265U (4 cores, 1.60-3.90 GHz) and the other is based on AMD Ryzen 3 3250U (2cores, 2.6 -3.5 GHz).

 

Assuming that all the other specs are simmilar, which one should I chose?

 

Although I love amd, I'd have to say intel, more cores is better, are they the same price?

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

20 minutes ago, MrMorningstar said:

Hi, I have the choice between two budget laptops that will be used mostly for office work. One of them is based on Intel Core i5-8265U (4 cores, 1.60-3.90 GHz) and the other is based on AMD Ryzen 3 3250U (2cores, 2.6 -3.5 GHz).

 

Assuming that all the other specs are simmilar, which one should I chose?

 

For office work, both would be fine though the Core i5 albeit a bit older does have the slight advantage with double the core and logical processor count. But I would be worried more about the rest of the laptop ie. the screen resolution, how much memory it has, whether it has an SSD over a HDD. Creature comfort type of stuff since for office work, those components are a bigger deal than the CPU. A Pentium would be sufficient for standard office work.

3 minutes ago, Ankh tech tips said:

Although I love amd, I'd have to say intel, more cores is better, are they the same price?

I would have to imagine. 8th gen core laptops should be clearance items by now since 10th gen is already present.

[SupaKomputa]

I love ryzen laptops, but for the same price i would have to choose intel on this one.

having more cores is better in the long term. but if you also game, ryzen one is nice to have.

But 8th gen chips especially this particular one have some problems, it usually stays in base clock (1.6ghz) and rarely goes to expected boost (2.5+) due to thermal.

Good news is office works don't need that kind of speed.

Also make sure you have 8gb ram and SSD.