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Intel Core i7 8550U
Intel Laptop CPU

Intel Core i7 8550U

27D
Cores4
Threads8
Boost Clock4 GHz
TDP15 W
SocketBGA-1356
Process14 nm
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Benchmarks

Perf.23
iGPU23
Energy47
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core62
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core224
TDP15 W
Cache L38MB
Cinebench 2024 (Single)62
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)224
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)1209
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)3454
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)2003
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)5795
Blender CPU44.16
iGPU FLOPS0.4 TFLOPS

Full specifications

GeekBench v6

File compression
348.3 MB/sec
Clang compilation
18.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser
78.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer
102.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing
111.7 pages/sec
Background blur
18.9 images/sec
Photo processing
37 images/sec
Ray tracing
4.42 Mpixels/sec

PassMark

Integer math
20.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math
12.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers
22M Primes/sec
Random string sorting
9.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption
1.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression
73.5 MBytes/sec
Physics
450 Frames/sec
Extended instructions
4.6B Matrices/sec

Performance Per Watt

Cinebench 2024 / Watt
14.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt
230.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt
386.3 PPW
Blender / Watt
2.94 PPW

General

Vendor
Intel
Released
August 21, 2017
Type
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
Model number
i7-8550U
Integrated GPU
UHD Graphics 620

CPU

P-Cores
4
P-Threads
8
Base Frequency (P)
1.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P)
4 GHz
Total Cores
4
Total Threads
8
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
Multiplier
18x
Bus Bandwidth
4 GT/s
L1 Cache
64K (per core)
L2 Cache
256K (per core)
L3 Cache
8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier
No

Package

Fabrication Process
14 nm
TDP (PL1)
15 W
Socket
BGA-1356
Peak Temperature
100°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics
Intel UHD Graphics 620
GPU Base Clock
300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock
1150 MHz
Shading Units
192
TMUs
24
ROPs
3
Execution Units
24
TGP
15 W

Memory Support

Memory Types
- DDR4-2400 / - LPDDR3-2133
Max. Memory Size
32 GB
Memory Channels
2
Max. Memory Bandwidth
37.5 GB/s
ECC Support
No

Misc

Official Site
Intel Core i7 8550U official page
PCI Express Version
3.0
PCI Express Lanes
12
Technologies
- Compute: BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, F16C - Performance: Boost 2.0, EIST, HTT, TSX - Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x - Security: TXT, XD bit

Specifications compiled from NanoReview. Last updated 2026-09-29.

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