Intel Core i7 8550U vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Aug 2017
Sep 2019
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
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Core Architecture
Kaby Lake R
Matisse
Processor Number
i7-8550U
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Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics 620
N/A
Generation
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Ryzen 5 (Zen 2 (Matisse))
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
7 nm
Socket
BGA-1356
AMD Socket AM4
Power Consumption
15 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
95 °C
Transistor Count
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3.8 billions
Foundry
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TSMC
Die Size
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74 mm²
I/O Process Size
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12 nm
I/O Die Size
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124 mm²
Package
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µOPGA-1331
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
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Performance Core Threads
8
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Performance Core Base Frequency
1.8 GHz
3.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4 GHz
4.1 GHz
Total Core Count
4
6
Total Thread Count
8
6
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
18x
36.0
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 KB per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
512 KB per core
L3 Cache
8 MB shared
32 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
SMP
-
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
32 GB
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Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
37.5 GB/s
51.2 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
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GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
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GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1150 MHz
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Shader Units
192
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Texture Units
24
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Raster Operation Units
3
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Execution Units
24
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Power Consumption
15 W
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Max Resolution
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
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Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
979
1,166
Cinebench R23
2,960
6,717
Geekbench 6
1,153
1,650
Geekbench 5
966
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Geekbench 6
2,890
6,523
Geekbench 5
2,960
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Blender
56
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Passmark CPU
2,059
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Passmark CPU
5,894
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