Product Compare

Intel Core i7 8550U vs Intel Core i9 9900

	CPU Intel Core i7 8550U	CPU Intel Core i9 9900
General Parameters
Release Date	Aug 2017	Apr 2019
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Kaby Lake R	Coffee Lake
Processor Number	i7-8550U	i9-9900
Integrated Graphics	UHD Graphics 620	UHD Graphics 630
Package
Manufacturing Process	14 nm	14 nm
Socket	BGA-1356	LGA-1151
Power Consumption	15 W	65 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100 °C	100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	4	8
Performance Core Threads	8	16
Performance Core Base Frequency	1.8 GHz	3.1 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4 GHz	5 GHz
Total Core Count	4	8
Total Thread Count	8	16
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	18x	31x
L1 Cache	64 K per core	64 K per core
L2 Cache	256 K per core	256 K per core
L3 Cache	8 MB shared	16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133	DDR4-2666
Max Memory Size	32 GB	128 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	37.5 GB/s	41.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	300 MHz	350 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1150 MHz	1200 MHz
Shader Units	192	192
Texture Units	24	24
Raster Operation Units	3	3
Execution Units	24	24
Power Consumption	15 W	15 W
Max Resolution	4096x2304 - 60 Hz	4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	3.0	3.0
PCIe Lanes	12	16
Extended Instruction Set	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core	1153	1589
Geekbench 5 Single Core	966	1265
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	2890	7205
Geekbench 5 Multi Core	2960	7910
Passmark CPU Single Core	2059	2833
Passmark CPU Multi Core	5894	16692