AMD Ryzen 5 3550H vs Intel Core i7-8550/8565U – consistency over potential

LaptopMedia.com Comparisons AMD Ryzen 5 3550H vs Intel Core i7-8550/8565U - consistency over potential

From: Alex Iliev 11 June 2019 / 04:24 1

Lately, the difference between low-voltage CPUs and the more powerful laptop processors gets as indistinguishable as never before. However, as we saw the latest AMD laptop processors, they are now capable of matching some Intel counterparts’ performance at a lower price. Let’s see is it better to pick a Core i7-8550/8565U, should you need more performance, or you have to settle with the less efficient Ryzen 5 3550H.

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Specs overview

All of these processors have a four-core/eight-thread configuration. However, the Ryzen 5 3550H is built on a 12nm architecture, whereas the Core i7 duo is built on the 14nm FinFET one. On the other side, the Ryzen 5 3550H is rated at 35W of TDP, whereas the other two are working at 15W. Clock speeds – the AMD competitor works from 2.10-3.70 GHz, while the Intel duo’s frequencies are as follow: Core i7-8550U – 1.80-4.00 GHz; Core i7-8565U – 1.80-4.60 GHz. Additionally, the Core i7s have twice the amount of memory – 8MB vs 4MB for the Ryzen 5 3550H.

GPU-wise the AMD Ryzen 5 3550H is equipped with a Radeon RX Vega 8, while the other two house the UHD Graphics 620.

You can check out the full specs of the AMD Ryzen 5 3550H and the Intel Core i7-8550U/Intel Core i7-8565U

Benchmarks

As the pure performance results show, the Ryzen 5 3550H posts a 12% better score than the Core i7-8550U and 6% higher one than the Core i7-8565U.

Conclusion

Ryzen 5 3550H can be considered as the victor of this battle. Even though the gap between the AMD processor and the Intel duo was pretty narrow, the Ryzen 5 3550H is going to show more consistent results across different devices, only for the reason, it will be equipped in gaming hardware, that has a lot higher cooling potential.

All laptops equipped with the AMD Ryzen 5 3550H

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