Ryzen 7 4800H vs i5-8550

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-8550 and Ryzen 7 4800H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i5AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Power efficiencyno data24.48
Architecture codenameCoffee Lake (2017−2019)Renoir-H (Zen 2) (2020)
Release date1 September 2018 (6 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core i5-8550 and Ryzen 7 4800H basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores6 (Hexa-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads616
Base clock speed3 GHz2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed4.3 GHz4.2 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplierno data29
L1 cache384 KB512 KB
L2 cache1.5 MB4 MB
L3 cache9 MB (shared)8 MB
Chip lithography14 nm7 nm
Die size126 mm2156 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data9800 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-8550 and Ryzen 7 4800H compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
Socket1151FP6
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-8550 and Ryzen 7 4800H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-8550 and Ryzen 7 4800H are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-8550 and Ryzen 7 4800H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB64 GB
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/s68.27 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD Graphics 630AMD Radeon Vega 7

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-8550 and Ryzen 7 4800H.

PCIe version3.03.0

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 3.09 7.46
Recency 1 September 2018 6 January 2020
Physical cores 6 8
Threads 6 16
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 45 Watt

Ryzen 7 4800H has 141.4% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 1 year, 33.3% more physical cores and 166.7% more threads, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 44.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core i5-8550 and Ryzen 7 4800H. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core i5-8550 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 7 4800H is a notebook one.


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