Intel Core i7-8550U vs Intel Celeron N4020

Core i7-8550U vs Celeron N4020 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-8550U performs better than the Celeron N4020. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Celeron N4020 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-8550U has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Celeron N4020 has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Celeron N4020. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-8550U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Celeron N4020. The Celeron N4020 outputs less heat than Core i7-8550U thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-8550U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.