Ryzen 5 5500U vs Core i7-8550U comparison
According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5500U 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.
With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 5500U has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i7-8550U has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8550U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8550U. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 5500U has more L2 cache than the Core i7-8550U. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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 Ryzen 5 5500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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