Intel Core i7-8550U vs AMD Phenom II X4 955

Core i7-8550U vs Phenom II X4 955 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-8550U is faster than the Phenom II X4 955. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Phenom II X4 955 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Phenom II X4 955 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8550U. In terms of cache, the Core i7-8550U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Phenom II X4 955

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-8550U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.