Intel Core i5 8259U 's Advantages
Lower TDP (28W vs 54W)
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 9 months late
Higher specification of memory (4266 vs 2400)
Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 37.5GB/s)
Higher base frequency (3.3GHz vs 2.3GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 6MB)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)