Intel Core i7-8550U vs Intel Pentium Silver J5040

Core i7-8550U vs Pentium Silver J5040 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-8550U performs better than the Pentium Silver J5040. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Pentium Silver J5040 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-8550U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Pentium Silver J5040 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8550U. The Pentium Silver J5040 outputs less heat than Core i7-8550U thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.