Intel Core i7-8550U
Opinion and specs

Specs

Model i7-8550U
Manufacturer Intel
Core voltage (AC) Intel Core i7-8550U (1.8GHz), 8GB DDR4, 1TB HDD + 128GB SSD, 39.6 cm (15.6") ComfyView Full HD 1920 x 1080 LED, NVIDIA GeForce MX150 2GB, WLAN 802.11ac, Bluetooth, Windows 10 Home 64-bit V
Front side bus 800 MHz
Family Intel® Core™ i7
Socket BGA 1356
System bus rate 4 GT/s
Motherboard chipset Intel SoC
Boost frequency 4 GHz
Cores 4
Threads 8
Frequency 1,8 GHz
Cache 8 MB
Lithography 14 nm
Operating modes 64-bit
Stepping Y0
Bus type OPI
Codename Kaby Lake R
ECC supported by processor N
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 W
Series Intel Core i3-6000 Mobile Processor Series
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes 12
PCI Express slots version 3.0
PCI Express configurations 1x2+2x1,1x4,2x2,4x1
Configurable TDP-down 10 W
Tcase 100 °C
Tjunction 100 °C
Configurable TDP-down frequency 0,8 GHz
CPU multiplier (bus/core ratio) 1
Cache type Smart Cache
Configurable TDP-up frequency 2 GHz
Configurable TDP-up 25 W

Opinion

The Intel Core i7-8550U processor has a total power of 10.41% over its competitors.

The average retail price of laptops with this processor is 880.12$.

In the 900$ range you have more powerful and cheaper alternatives based on their minimum price:

Model Performance No. of laptops
with it
Minimum price Average price Maximum price
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX
82.15%
2 619$ 634$ 649$
Intel Core i9-13900HX
78.91%
12 859.99$ 2598.35$ 3799.99$
Intel Core i7-13700HX
60.48%
11 379.99$ 1849.47$ 2899.62$
Intel Core i9-12950HX
57.90%
7 859.99$ 3046.2$ 5356.63$
Intel Core i9-12900H
50.41%
36 629$ 2445.5$ 5229.93$
Intel Core i7-13700H
50.32%
21 849.99$ 1980.61$ 4599$
Intel Core i7-12700H
46.59%
101 489.99$ 1769.68$ 4199$
AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS
42.45%
5 824.33$ 1239.46$ 1499.99$
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS
42.21%
4 719$ 1235.57$ 1990$
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS
41.68%
2 819$ 981.5$ 1144$
Intel Core i7-12650H
41.56%
20 499$ 1318.89$ 2559.49$
Intel Xeon W-11955M
40.40%
2 759.99$ 4379$ 7998$
AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS
40.35%
2 769.99$ 874.5$ 979$
Intel Core i5-13500H
40.33%
4 799.99$ 1059.31$ 1447.25$
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
39.98%
14 629$ 1763.51$ 3339$
Intel Core i5-12500H
38.05%
16 429.99$ 901.05$ 1772.14$
Intel Core i9-11950H
37.81%
13 739$ 3596.28$ 5799.77$
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
37.20%
39 599$ 1939.35$ 4459$
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
36.77%
30 849$ 1439.46$ 2248.05$
Intel Core i7-11800H
36.56%
120 389$ 1912.11$ 5598.94$
Intel Core i7-11850H
36.52%
51 259$ 2213.05$ 5999.77$
Intel Core i5-1340P
36.39%
18 867.82$ 1138.97$ 1399$
Intel Core i5-1250P
36.29%
14 659.73$ 1414.42$ 2597.99$
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
33.56%
1 649.99$ 649.99$ 649.99$
AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
33.21%
9 699.99$ 830.55$ 978.99$
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
32.82%
10 247.99$ 1407.4$ 2539$
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
32.77%
4 799.73$ 2061.68$ 2619$
AMD Ryzen 7 5825U
32.39%
18 451.99$ 841.33$ 1182.24$
Intel Core i5-1335U
31.90%
60 145.84$ 1103.1$ 2989$
Intel Core i5-12450H
31.64%
9 389.99$ 829.52$ 1125.97$
AMD Ryzen 7 4980U
30.66%
7 888.98$ 1404.24$ 1753.75$
AMD Ryzen 5 7535U
30.57%
1 559.99$ 559.99$ 559.99$
Intel Core i5-1240P
30.52%
42 504.98$ 948.92$ 2108.82$
Intel Core i7-1260P
30.38%
77 529$ 1375.88$ 3649$
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U
30.33%
25 599.99$ 1417.7$ 3319$
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
30.22%
6 530$ 759.33$ 999$
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
30.05%
37 569$ 2180.34$ 3709$
AMD Ryzen 7 4800U
29.72%
1 629$ 629$ 629$
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U
29.51%
19 707.99$ 1141.86$ 2146.99$
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5875U
29.51%
3 629$ 773.67$ 893$
Intel Core i7-10700
29.13%
1 569.99$ 569.99$ 569.99$
AMD Ryzen 5 7530U
28.47%
12 498.92$ 658.35$ 774.95$
Intel Core i5-11500H
28.01%
11 613.67$ 1583.93$ 3579$
Intel Core i5-11400H
27.83%
30 609.99$ 1349.02$ 3229$
Intel Core i5-11260H
27.81%
2 638.99$ 743.5$ 848$
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
27.77%
38 449.94$ 1489.46$ 3489$
Intel Core i7-1355U
27.15%
40 699$ 1246.21$ 3138$
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
27.13%
8 649$ 1173.2$ 2199$
Intel Core i5-1345U
27.06%
27 829.99$ 1342.48$ 2180$
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U
26.75%
10 709.77$ 1047.04$ 1563.35$
AMD Ryzen 5 5625U
26.63%
27 447.99$ 734.09$ 2639$
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U
26.35%
36 481.61$ 1266.82$ 2789$
AMD Ryzen 5 4600H
25.56%
9 499.9$ 881.27$ 2069$
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U
25.48%
7 476.99$ 902.07$ 1483$
Intel Core i7-1265U
24.72%
73 776.77$ 1673.61$ 2536.12$
Intel Core i7-1255U
24.37%
71 509$ 1293.35$ 2681.73$
Intel Core i5-1235U
23.96%
106 388$ 1050.01$ 2453$
Intel Core i5-1245U
23.88%
48 565.99$ 1261.76$ 2102.64$
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
23.66%
15 550$ 777.9$ 999$
AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
23.57%
1 749$ 749$ 749$
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
23.13%
65 399$ 1518.13$ 3569$
Intel Core i3-1315U
22.89%
6 609$ 671.4$ 734.32$
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U
22.41%
17 359.9$ 912.06$ 2729$
Intel Core i7-10750H
21.17%
65 759$ 1845.97$ 3999.99$
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3
20.71%
2 899.99$ 1055.65$ 1211.31$
AMD Ryzen 3 5425U
20.28%
5 596.99$ 699.45$ 959$
Intel Core i5-10500H
19.93%
6 699.99$ 1455.29$ 2695$
Intel Core i3-1215U
19.63%
12 249$ 759.56$ 2199$
Intel Core i7-1195G7
19.44%
26 599$ 1304.86$ 2999$
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
19.33%
14 499.99$ 932.12$ 2769$
Intel Core i5-11300H
19.32%
14 609$ 1511.76$ 3679$
Intel Core i7-9750H
19.29%
17 799.99$ 1429.39$ 3299$
Intel Core i7-1185G7
18.56%
80 599$ 1597.07$ 3719$
Intel Core i7-1165G7
18.21%
171 541.99$ 1656.77$ 5594.43$
Intel Core i5-1155G7
18.11%
14 439.99$ 803.65$ 1266.73$
Intel Core i3-N305
18.01%
2 425$ 529.93$ 634.86$
Intel Core i5-1145G7
17.48%
48 471.1$ 1063.9$ 2859$
Intel Core i5-1135G7
17.41%
204 240.95$ 1198.93$ 4269$
Intel Core i3-1125G4
17.25%
2 638.99$ 639.49$ 639.99$
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
17.12%
6 380$ 629.24$ 1289.88$
Intel Core i7-10710U
17.09%
3 495$ 1508$ 2029$
AMD Ryzen 3 5300U
17.08%
9 326$ 2182.11$ 3309$
Intel Core i5-1140G7
16.86%
2 729.99$ 818.07$ 906.14$
AMD Ryzen 3 7320U
16.23%
4 299.99$ 403.24$ 485$
Intel Core i7-1160G7
16.11%
9 485$ 1552.76$ 2899$
Intel Core i5-10400H
15.13%
4 748.99$ 1308.25$ 1639$
Intel Core i5-10300H
14.96%
19 489$ 1091.34$ 3609$
Intel Core i7-1180G7
14.89%
3 889.99$ 942.66$ 1037.99$
Intel Core i7-1065G7
14.81%
40 529.99$ 1411.42$ 3785$
Intel Core i5-1035G7
14.81%
5 699$ 805.52$ 896.96$
Intel Core i5-1035G4
14.07%
5 360$ 873.4$ 1529$
AMD Ryzen 5 3550H
13.75%
1 799.99$ 799.99$ 799.99$
Intel Core i5-9300H
13.44%
12 649.99$ 890.99$ 1469$
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
13.15%
5 336$ 586.97$ 799.99$
Intel Core i5-1035G1
13.14%
37 324.99$ 682.79$ 3049$
AMD Ryzen 7 3700U
12.62%
12 530$ 879.22$ 1888$
AMD Ryzen 5 3580U
12.59%
4 749$ 886.5$ 1099$
AMD Ryzen 7 3700C
12.54%
1 749.99$ 749.99$ 749.99$
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
12.29%
14 456$ 793.45$ 1799$
AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
12.23%
1 588$ 588$ 588$
Intel Core i7-10610U
12.00%
64 749$ 1532.12$ 2999$
AMD Ryzen 5 3450u
11.85%
4 399$ 1794.25$ 3579$
Intel Core i7-10510U
11.73%
58 449$ 1283.56$ 2989$
Intel Core i5-10310U
11.38%
35 520.77$ 1288.28$ 3204.01$
Intel Core i5-8365U
10.99%
3 799.99$ 1019.99$ 1300$
Intel Core i5-10210U
10.98%
90 499$ 1231.96$ 3449$
Intel Core i3-1115G4
10.80%
68 219$ 1292.36$ 4089$
Intel Core i7-8565U
10.79%
5 699$ 1136.17$ 1925.99$
Intel Core i5-8265U
10.56%
14 279$ 822.9$ 1266.99$

Laptops with Intel Core i7-8550U:

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