Intel Core i7-8750H vs Intel Core i7-5500U

Core i7-8750H vs Core i7-5500U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-8750H beats the Core i7-5500U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-5500U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-8750H has significantly more cores than the Core i7-5500U. Indeed, the Core i7-8750H has 6 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i7-5500U. It also has more threads than the Core i7-5500U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-5500U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8750H. Despite this, the Core i7-8750H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-5500U outputs less heat than Core i7-8750H thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i7-8750H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-5500U. The Core i7-8750H 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 i7-8750H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.