Intel Core i5 8279U 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.4GHz vs 1.9GHz)
AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U 's Advantages
Released 1 years and 10 months late
Higher specification of memory (LPDDR4X-4266 vs DDR4-2400)
Larger memory bandwidth (68.3GB/s vs 37.5GB/s)
Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 6MB)
Lower TDP (15W vs 28W)