Intel Core i7-8550U vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS

Core i7-8550U vs Ryzen 9 6900HS comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 6900HS is faster than the Core i7-8550U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8550U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 6900HS has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i7-8550U that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8550U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 6900HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8550U. Also, the Ryzen 9 6900HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8550U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 6900HS CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 6900HS has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-8550U. The Ryzen 9 6900HS also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.