Intel Core i7-8550U vs AMD Phenom II X6 1055T

Core i7-8550U vs Phenom II X6 1055T specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-8550U beats the Phenom II X6 1055T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Phenom II X6 1055T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Phenom II X6 1055T has significantly more cores than the Core i7-8550U. Indeed, the Phenom II X6 1055T has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-8550U. Despite this, the Core i7-8550U has more threads than the Phenom II X6 1055T. Our comparison shows that the Phenom II X6 1055T has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8550U. The info from our database shows that the Phenom II X6 1055T has more L2 cache than the Core i7-8550U. Despite this, the Core i7-8550U has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Phenom II X6 1055T.

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.