Intel Core i5 8279U 's Advantages
Lower TDP (28W vs 54W)
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS 's Advantages
Released 4 years and 11 months late
Higher specification of memory (7500 vs 2400)
Larger memory bandwidth (120GB/s vs 37.5GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3.0)
Higher base frequency (4GHz vs 2.4GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 6MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)