Intel Core i7-6600U vs Intel Core i7-8550U

Core i7-6600U vs Core i7-8550U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-8550U beats the Core i7-6600U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6600U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-8550U has significantly more cores than the Core i7-6600U. Indeed, the Core i7-8550U has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i7-6600U. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6600U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-6600U has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-8550U. Despite this, the Core i7-8550U has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-6600U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.