Intel Core i7-8550U vs Intel Core i7-4600U

Core i7-8550U vs Core i7-4600U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-8550U beats the Core i7-4600U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4600U 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 i7-4600U. Indeed, the Core i7-8550U has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i7-4600U. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4600U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4600U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to 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.

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.