Intel Core i7-8550U vs AMD EPYC 7543P

Core i7-8550U vs EPYC 7543P comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the EPYC 7543P performs better 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 EPYC 7543P has significantly more cores with 32 cores compared to the Core i7-8550U that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8550U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the EPYC 7543P 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 EPYC 7543P 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 EPYC 7543P has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-8550U. The EPYC 7543P 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.