i7-8550U vs Ryzen 5 2400G

Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 2400G
2018
4 cores / 8 threads, 65 Watt
5.49
+42.6%
Core i7-8550U
2017
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
3.85

Ryzen 5 2400G outperforms Core i7-8550U by a considerable 43% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 2400G and Core i7-8550U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking11511452
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.02no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5Intel Core i7
Power efficiency7.9924.29
Architecture codenameRaven Ridge (2017−2018)Kaby Lake Refresh (2017−2019)
Release date12 February 2018 (6 years ago)21 August 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$169$409

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 2400G and Core i7-8550U 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads88
Base clock speed3.6 GHz1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeno dataOPI
Bus rateno data4 GT/s
Multiplier3618
L1 cache128K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size210 mm2123 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors4,950 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2400G and Core i7-8550U 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM4FCBGA1356,FC-BGA1356
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2400G and Core i7-8550U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
My WiFino data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Smart Responseno data+
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 2400G and Core i7-8550U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2400G and Core i7-8550U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2400G and Core i7-8550U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB32 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth46.933 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 ( - 1250 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 620
Max video memoryno data32 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.15 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 2400G and Core i7-8550U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
DVIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 5 2400G and Core i7-8550U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096 x 2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096 x 2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 5 2400G and Core i7-8550U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2400G and Core i7-8550U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1212

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 5 2400G 5.49
+42.6%
i7-8550U 3.85

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Ryzen 5 2400G 8727
+42.6%
i7-8550U 6118

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Ryzen 5 2400G 1035
+17.9%
i7-8550U 878

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Ryzen 5 2400G 3219
+22.8%
i7-8550U 2622

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Ryzen 5 2400G 4805
i7-8550U 6423
+33.7%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Ryzen 5 2400G 21024
+21.4%
i7-8550U 17322

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Ryzen 5 2400G 6672
+14.1%
i7-8550U 5845

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Ryzen 5 2400G 6.9
+43.5%
i7-8550U 9.9

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Ryzen 5 2400G 9
+54.8%
i7-8550U 6

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Ryzen 5 2400G 847
+53.1%
i7-8550U 553

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 5 2400G 156
i7-8550U 163
+4.7%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 5 2400G 1.77
i7-8550U 1.89
+6.8%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Ryzen 5 2400G 5.2
+20.9%
i7-8550U 4.3

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Ryzen 5 2400G 48
+44.6%
i7-8550U 33

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Ryzen 5 2400G 172
+16%
i7-8550U 148

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Ryzen 5 2400G 3846
i7-8550U 4374
+13.7%

Blender(-)

Ryzen 5 2400G 551
i7-8550U 913
+65.8%

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 5 2400G 3909
i7-8550U 4337
+10.9%

7-Zip

Ryzen 5 2400G 19885
+27.4%
i7-8550U 15613

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 5 2400G 170
i7-8550U 182
+7.1%

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit multi-core

Ryzen 5 2400G 13211
i7-8550U 13251
+0.3%

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit single-core

Ryzen 5 2400G 4226
i7-8550U 4699
+11.2%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.49 3.85
Integrated graphics card 5.47 2.67
Recency 12 February 2018 21 August 2017
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 5 2400G has a 42.6% higher aggregate performance score, 104.9% faster integrated GPU, and an age advantage of 5 months.

i7-8550U, on the other hand, has 333.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 2400G is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i7-8550U in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 5 2400G is a desktop processor while Core i7-8550U is a notebook one.


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