Intel Core i7-8750H vs AMD Ryzen 5 3550H

Core i7-8750H vs Ryzen 5 3550H specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-8750H beats the Ryzen 5 3550H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3550H 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 Ryzen 5 3550H. Indeed, the Core i7-8750H has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 5 3550H. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3550H. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-8750H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 3550H. Also, the Core i7-8750H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 3550H outputs less heat than Core i7-8750H thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3550H has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i7-8750H. Despite this, the Core i7-8750H has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 3550H.

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.