Intel Core i7 8550U vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Aug 2017
Jun 2024
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Kaby Lake R
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Processor Number
i7-8550U
-
Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics 620
Radeon Graphics
Generation
-
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Series
-
Ryzen 9000 Series
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
4 nm
Socket
BGA-1356
AM5
Power Consumption
15 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
95 °C
Foundry
-
TSMC
I/O Process Size
-
6 nm
Package
-
FC-LGA1718
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
6
Performance Core Threads
8
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
1.8 GHz
3.9 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4 GHz
5.4 GHz
Total Core Count
4
6
Total Thread Count
8
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
18x
39
L1 Cache
64 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
8 MB shared
32 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
SMP
-
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
DDR5-5600
Max Memory Size
32 GB
192 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
37.5 GB/s
89.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
-
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1150 MHz
2200 MHz
Shader Units
192
-
Texture Units
24
-
Raster Operation Units
3
-
Execution Units
24
2
Power Consumption
15 W
-
Max Resolution
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
-
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
979
2,119
Cinebench R23
2,960
16,284
Geekbench 6
1,153
3,331
Geekbench 5
966
-
Geekbench 6
2,890
15,031
Geekbench 5
2,960
-
Blender
56
-
Passmark CPU
2,059
4,571
Passmark CPU
5,894
29,828
Cinebench 2024
-
130
Cinebench 2024
-
913
Cinebench 2026
-
4,122