Intel Core i7-8550U vs Intel Pentium Gold G6405

Core i7-8550U vs Pentium Gold G6405 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-8550U beats the Pentium Gold G6405 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Pentium Gold G6405 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 Pentium Gold G6405. Indeed, the Core i7-8550U has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Pentium Gold G6405. It also has more threads than the Pentium Gold G6405. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Pentium Gold G6405 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8550U. A Core i7-8550U CPU outputs less heat than a Pentium Gold G6405 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.