Intel Core i7-8550U vs Intel Core i5-3550S

Core i7-8550U vs Core i5-3550S specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-8550U is faster than the Core i5-3550S. Despite this, the Core i5-3550S has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-8550U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-3550S has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8550U. Despite this, the Core i7-8550U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8550U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-3550S CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-8550U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.