Intel Core i7-8550U vs Intel Core i3-7120T

Intel Core i7-8550U
Intel BGA1356MOBILE
1800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2017
Intel Core i7-8550U
Intel Core i3-7120T
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jul 2017
Intel Core i3-7120T

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i7-8550U
    122%
  • Intel Core i3-7120T
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-8550U
    111%
  • Intel Core i3-7120T
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-8550U
    133%
  • Intel Core i3-7120T
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-8550U

11% higher single threaded performance.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 33% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 22% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-7120T

None

Intel Core i7-8550U

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-8550U

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i7-8550U

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-8550U

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i7-8550UIntel Core i3-7120T
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0
SSE4.1
HTT

Architecture

Intel Core i7-8550UIntel Core i3-7120T
ArchitectureIntel_KabylakevsIntel_Kabylake
MarketMobilevsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameKaby LakevsKaby Lake
Release DateSep 2017vsJul 2017

Cores

Intel Core i7-8550UIntel Core i3-7120T
Cores4vs2
Threads8vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel UHD 620vsIntel HD 630

Cache

Intel Core i7-8550UIntel Core i3-7120T
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache6144 KB (shared)vs3072 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i7-8550UIntel Core i3-7120T
SocketIntel BGA1356vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Tempunknownvs65°C
Package FC-BGA1356vsFC-LGA1151
Die Sizeunknownvsunknown
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i7-8550UIntel Core i3-7120T
Cpu Frequency1800 MHzvs3600 MHz
Turbo Clock4000 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP15 Wvs35 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-8550U
    4800 points
  • Intel Core i3-7120T
    4320 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-8550U
    10368 points
  • Intel Core i3-7120T
    10368 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-8550U
    526
  • Intel Core i3-7120T (simulated)
    393.23

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-8550U (simulated)
    171.76
  • Intel Core i3-7120T (simulated)
    153.43

points - higher is better