Intel Core i7-8550U vs AMD Athlon II X4 640

Core i7-8550U vs Athlon II X4 640 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-8550U performs better than the Athlon II X4 640. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Athlon II X4 640 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-8550U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon II X4 640 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8550U. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Athlon II X4 640 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-8550U

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 i7-8550U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.