Intel Core i7-8550U vs Intel Core i7-8850H

Core i7-8550U vs Core i7-8850H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-8850H is faster than the Core i7-8550U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8550U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-8850H has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-8550U that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8550U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-8850H has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-8550U. Also, the Core i7-8850H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8550U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-8850H CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i7-8850H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-8550U. The Core i7-8850H also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.