AMD Ryzen 5 7520U vs Intel Core i7 8550U

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 7520U, vs Intel Core i7 8550U. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 7520U and Intel Core i7 8550U
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
1171
Intel Core i7 8550U
979
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
5149
Intel Core i7 8550U
3111
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
n/a
Intel Core i7 8550U
62
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
n/a
Intel Core i7 8550U
224
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
2442
Intel Core i7 8550U
2027
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
9146
Intel Core i7 8550U
5851
Integer Math31.3 GOps/s20.8 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math14.9 GOps/s12.6 GOps/s
Prime Number Search20 M primes/s22 M primes/s
Random String Sort14.5 M strings/s9.9 M strings/s
Data Encryption6.5 GB/s1.9 GB/s
Data Compression136.2 MB/s74.5 MB/s
Physics442 frames/s452 frames/s
Extended Instructions62 M matrices/s47 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
1270
Intel Core i7 8550U
1209
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
4219
Intel Core i7 8550U
3454
File Compression394.8 MB/s348.3 MB/s
Clang Compilation27 KLines/s18.3 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser91.2 pages/s78.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering127.6 MP/sec102.5 MP/sec
Text Processing114.6 pages/s111.7 pages/s
Background Blur23 frames/s18.9 frames/s
Photo Processing38.3 frames/s37 frames/s
Ray Tracing7.38 MP/sec4.42 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
51.1
Intel Core i7 8550U
44.16

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 281.3 PPW 230.3 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 609.7 PPW 390.1 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W n/a 14.9 PPW
Blender / W 3.41 PPW 2.94 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced September, 22, 2022 August, 21, 2017
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 2 (Mendocino) n/a
Model number n/a i7-8550U
Integrated GPU Radeon 610M UHD Graphics 620

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 4 4
Threads 8 8
Frequency 2.8 GHz 1.8 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.3 GHz 4 GHz
General
Cores count44
Threads count88
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Bandwidthn/a4 GT/s
Multiplier28x18x
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core256 KB/core
L3 Cache4 MB total8 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Process tech. 6 nm 14 nm
Power (TDP) 15 W 15 W
Socket FP6 BGA-1356
Critical temp. 95 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type LPDDR5-5500 - DDR4-2400
- LPDDR3-2133
Max Size 16 GB 32 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth n/a 37.5 GB

Other

PCIe Version 3.0 3.0
Max PCIe Lanes 4 12
Channels n/a 41422

Results

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