Intel Core i5 8279U 's Advantages
Lower TDP (28W vs 35W)
AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 8 months late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 2400)
Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 37.5GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)
Higher base frequency (3.3GHz vs 2.4GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 6MB)
More modern manufacturing process (6nm vs 14nm)