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Core i7-8550U vs Pentium 4415U


Description
Both models i7-8550U and 4415U are based on Kaby Lake architecture.

The first Kaby Lake CPU was released in August 2016. It uses a 14 nm process and was the first architecture in breaking the previous tick-tock model. Actually, it is not that different from the preceding Skylake: it has 64kB of L1 cache and 256kB L2 cache per core.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-8550U gets a score of 127.9 k points while the 4415U gets 56.4 k points.

Summarizing, the i7-8550U is 2.3 times faster than the 4415U. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
806ea
806e9
Core
Kaby Lake-R
Kaby Lake-U
Architecture
Base frecuency
1.8 GHz
2.3 GHz
Boost frecuency
4 GHz
2.3 GHz
Socket
BGA1356
BGA1356
Cores/Threads
4/8
2/4
TDP
15 W
15 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
2x32+2x32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
2x256 kB
Cache L3
8192 kB
2048 kB
Date
August 2017
January 2017
Mean monothread perf.
64.2k points
27.39k points
Mean multithread perf.
166.12k points
56.39k points

Non-optimized benchmark
The benchmark in Mode 0 (FPU) measures cpu performance with non-optimized software. It uses the basic µinstructions from the i386 architecture with the i387 floating point unit. This mode is compatible with all CPUs so it's practical to compare very different CPUs
Monothread
i7-8550U
4415U
Test#1 (Integers)
3.91k
2.34k (x0.6)
Test#2 (FP)
15.98k
9.51k (x0.6)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.11k
3.05k (x0.6)
Test#1 (Memory)
11.05k
2.59k (x0.23)
TOTAL
36.05k
17.49k (x0.49)

Multithread

i7-8550U

4415U
Test#1 (Integers)
11.76k
4.71k (x0.4)
Test#2 (FP)
50.15k
21.73k (x0.43)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
16.76k
7.35k (x0.44)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.17k
2.43k (x0.58)
TOTAL
82.84k
36.22k (x0.44)

SSE3 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode I (SSE) is optimized for the use of SIMD instructions with 128 bits register and the SSE set up to version 3. Nearly every modern CPU has support for this mode.
Monothread
i7-8550U
4415U
Test#1 (Integers)
12.93k
8.29k (x0.64)
Test#2 (FP)
20.59k
11.82k (x0.57)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.41k
3.09k (x0.57)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.48k
4.18k (x0.4)
TOTAL
49.41k
27.39k (x0.55)

Multithread

i7-8550U

4415U
Test#1 (Integers)
41.11k
17.24k (x0.42)
Test#2 (FP)
65.04k
27.4k (x0.42)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
17.53k
7.44k (x0.42)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.22k
4.31k (x1.02)
TOTAL
127.9k
56.39k (x0.44)

Performance/W
i7-8550U
4415U
Test#1 (Integers)
2741 points/W
1149 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
4336 points/W
1827 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1169 points/W
496 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
281 points/W
287 points/W
TOTAL
8527 points/W
3759 points/W

Performance/GHz
i7-8550U
4415U
Test#1 (Integers)
3232 points/GHz
3605 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
5147 points/GHz
5140 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1353 points/GHz
1344 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
2620 points/GHz
1819 points/GHz
TOTAL
12351 points/GHz
11908 points/GHz

Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.

Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.

If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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