AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme vs Intel Core i7 8550U
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jun 2025
Aug 2017
Manufacturer
Amd
Intel
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen 5 (Strix Point)
Kaby Lake R
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 890M
UHD Graphics 620
Processor Number
-
i7-8550U
Package
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
14 nm
Socket
FP8
BGA-1356
Power Consumption
15-35 W
15 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
3
4
Performance Core Threads
6
8
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.0 GHz
1.8 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5 GHz
4 GHz
Efficiency Cores
5
-
Efficiency Core Threads
10
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.0 GHz
-
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.3 GHz
-
Total Core Count
8
4
Total Thread Count
16
8
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
20
18x
L1 Cache
80 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
8 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-5600,LPDDR5X-8000
DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Max Memory Size
-
32 GB
Max Memory Channels
-
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
-
37.5 GB/s
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
800 MHz
300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2900 MHz
1150 MHz
Shader Units
1024
192
Texture Units
64
24
Raster Operation Units
40
3
Execution Units
16
24
Power Consumption
15
15 W
Max Resolution
-
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,953
979
Cinebench R23
14,572
2,960
Geekbench 6
2,753
1,153
Geekbench 6
11,860
2,890
Cinebench 2024
113
-
Cinebench 2024
791
-
Passmark CPU
4,074
2,059
Passmark CPU
24,157
5,894
Geekbench 5
-
966
Geekbench 5
-
2,960
Blender
-
56