Intel Core i7-8550U vs Intel N100

Core i7-8550U vs N100 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-8550U performs better than the N100. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the N100 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-8550U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-8550U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the N100. In terms of cache, the N100 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-8550U. Despite this, the Core i7-8550U has slightly more L3 cache compared to the N100.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-8550U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.