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AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme vs Intel Core i7 8650U

	CPU AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	CPU Intel Core i7 8650U
General Parameters
Release Date	Jun 2025	Aug 2017
Manufacturer	Amd	Intel
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Zen 5 (Strix Point)	Kaby Lake R
Integrated Graphics	Radeon 890M	UHD Graphics 620
Processor Number		i7-8650U
Package
Manufacturing Process	4 nm	14 nm
Socket	FP8	BGA-1356
Power Consumption	15-35 W	15 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100 °C	100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	3	4
Performance Core Threads	6	8
Performance Core Base Frequency	2.0 GHz	1.9 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	5 GHz	4.2 GHz
Efficiency Cores	5
Efficiency Core Threads	10
Efficiency Core Base Frequency	2.0 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency	3.3 GHz
Total Core Count	8	4
Total Thread Count	16	8
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	20	19x
L1 Cache	80 K per core	64 K per core
L2 Cache	1 MB per core	256 K per core
L3 Cache	16 MB shared	8 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-5600,LPDDR5X-8000	DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
ECC Memory Support	Yes	No
Max Memory Size		32 GB
Max Memory Channels		2
Max Memory Bandwidth		37.5 GB/s
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	800 MHz	300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	2900 MHz	1150 MHz
Shader Units	1024	192
Texture Units	64	24
Raster Operation Units	40	3
Execution Units	16	24
Power Consumption	15	15 W
Max Resolution		4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	4.0	3.0
PCIe Lanes	16	12
Extended Instruction Set		SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1953	903
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	14572	3657
Geekbench 6 Single Core	2753	1348
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	11860	3929
Passmark CPU Single Core	4074	2126
Passmark CPU Multi Core	24157	6240